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#DCB91D

#dcb91d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb91d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 72.55% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.91% magenta, 86.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 49.01°, with 76.71% saturation and 48.82% 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 3.67.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5

Complementary

  1. #dcb91d
  2. #1d40dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb91d
  2. #1d9fdc
  3. #5a1ddc

Analogous

  1. #dc5a1d
  2. #dcb91d
  3. #9fdc1d

Triadic

  1. #dcb91d
  2. #1ddcb9
  3. #b91ddc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb91d
  2. #40dc1d
  3. #1d40dc
  4. #b91ddc

Square

  1. #dcb91d
  2. #1ddc5a
  3. #1d40dc
  4. #dc1d9f

Monochromatic

  1. #55470b
  2. #988014
  3. #dcb91d
  4. #ead05c
  5. #f2e3a0

Shades

#dcb91d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb91d
  2. #c6a71a
  3. #b09417
  4. #9a8214
  5. #846f11
  6. #6e5d0f
  7. #584a0c
  8. #423809
  9. #2c2506
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb91d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb91d
  2. #e0c034
  3. #e3c74a
  4. #e7ce61
  5. #ead577
  6. #eedc8e
  7. #f1e3a5
  8. #f5eabb
  9. #f8f1d2
  10. #fcf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb91d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb91d
  2. #d3b327
  3. #caae31
  4. #c0a83b
  5. #b7a245
  6. #ae9d4f
  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 #d7c02b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efa99e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9bd26 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b07f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb91d {
  color: #dcb91d;
}
Background
.bg-dcb91d {
  background-color: #dcb91d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb91d {
  border: 2px solid #dcb91d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb91d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 185 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 77% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb91d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb91d, #9fdc1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb91d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 185 29 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.67 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.92 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.22 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.74 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.96 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.54 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.65 #2346e2 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcb91d  rgb(220, 185, 29)  hsl(49, 77%, 49%)  Old Gold
#1d40dc  rgb(29, 64, 220)  hsl(229, 77%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#1ddcb9  rgb(29, 220, 185)  hsl(169, 77%, 49%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b91ddc  rgb(185, 29, 220)  hsl(289, 77%, 49%)  Electric Purple