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#DCB91B

#dcb91b ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcb91b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 72.55% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.91% magenta, 87.73% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 49.12°, with 78.14% saturation and 48.43% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.74.

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Relative luminance0.4999

Complementary

  1. #dcb91b
  2. #1b3edc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb91b
  2. #1b9edc
  3. #581bdc

Analogous

  1. #dc581b
  2. #dcb91b
  3. #9edc1b

Triadic

  1. #dcb91b
  2. #1bdcb9
  3. #b91bdc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb91b
  2. #3edc1b
  3. #1b3edc
  4. #b91bdc

Square

  1. #dcb91b
  2. #1bdc58
  3. #1b3edc
  4. #dc1b9e

Monochromatic

  1. #54460a
  2. #988013
  3. #dcb91b
  4. #ebd059
  5. #f3e39d

Shades

#dcb91b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb91b
  2. #c6a718
  3. #b09416
  4. #9a8213
  5. #846f10
  6. #6e5d0e
  7. #584a0b
  8. #423808
  9. #2c2505
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb91b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb91b
  2. #e0c032
  3. #e3c749
  4. #e7ce5f
  5. #ead576
  6. #eedc8d
  7. #f1e3a4
  8. #f5eabb
  9. #f8f1d1
  10. #fcf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb91b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb91b
  2. #d3b325
  3. #caae2f
  4. #c0a839
  5. #b7a243
  6. #ae9d4e
  7. #a59758
  8. #9c9162
  9. #928b6c
  10. #898676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9bb96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c02a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efa99e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9bd25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b07e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb91b {
  color: #dcb91b;
}
Background
.bg-dcb91b {
  background-color: #dcb91b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb91b {
  border: 2px solid #dcb91b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb91b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 185 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 78% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb91b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb91b, #9edc1b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb91b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 185 27 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.99 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.29 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.76 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.93 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.54 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.66 #2346e4 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcb91b  rgb(220, 185, 27)  hsl(49, 78%, 48%)  Old Gold
#1b3edc  rgb(27, 62, 220)  hsl(229, 78%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#1bdcb9  rgb(27, 220, 185)  hsl(169, 78%, 48%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b91bdc  rgb(185, 27, 220)  hsl(289, 78%, 48%)  Electric Purple