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#DCB926

#dcb926 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb926 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 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.91% magenta, 82.73% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 48.46°, with 72.22% saturation and 50.59% 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 11.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.36.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.5005

Complementary

  1. #dcb926
  2. #2649dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb926
  2. #26a4dc
  3. #5e26dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5e26
  2. #dcb926
  3. #a4dc26

Triadic

  1. #dcb926
  2. #26dcb9
  3. #b926dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb926
  2. #49dc26
  3. #2649dc
  4. #b926dc

Square

  1. #dcb926
  2. #26dc5e
  3. #2649dc
  4. #dc26a4

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4c0f
  2. #9c8319
  3. #dcb926
  4. #e7ce68
  5. #f1e3aa

Shades

#dcb926 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb926
  2. #c6a722
  3. #b0941e
  4. #9a821b
  5. #846f17
  6. #6e5d13
  7. #584a0f
  8. #42380b
  9. #2c2508
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb926 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb926
  2. #e0c03c
  3. #e3c751
  4. #e7ce67
  5. #ead57d
  6. #eedc93
  7. #f1e3a8
  8. #f5eabe
  9. #f8f1d4
  10. #fcf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb926 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb926
  2. #d3b32f
  3. #caae38
  4. #c0a841
  5. #b7a24a
  6. #ae9d53
  7. #a5975c
  8. #9c9165
  9. #928b6e
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9bb97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c031 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea99f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b70e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9bd2d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b080 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb926 {
  color: #dcb926;
}
Background
.bg-dcb926 {
  background-color: #dcb926;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb926 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb926;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb926;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 185 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb926 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb926, #a4dc26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb926 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 185 38 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.55 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.88 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.68 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.11 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.60 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.62 #2346d9 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcb926  rgb(220, 185, 38)  hsl(48, 72%, 51%)  Old Gold
#2649dc  rgb(38, 73, 220)  hsl(228, 72%, 51%)  Iris
#26dcb9  rgb(38, 220, 185)  hsl(168, 72%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b926dc  rgb(185, 38, 220)  hsl(288, 72%, 51%)  Electric Purple