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#DCBA24

#dcba24 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcba24 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 72.94% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.45% magenta, 83.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 48.91°, with 72.44% saturation and 50.2% 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 11.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.41.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5046

Complementary

  1. #dcba24
  2. #2446dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcba24
  2. #24a2dc
  3. #5e24dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5e24
  2. #dcba24
  3. #a2dc24

Triadic

  1. #dcba24
  2. #24dcba
  3. #ba24dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcba24
  2. #46dc24
  3. #2446dc
  4. #ba24dc

Square

  1. #dcba24
  2. #24dc5e
  3. #2446dc
  4. #dc24a2

Monochromatic

  1. #594b0e
  2. #9b8319
  3. #dcba24
  4. #e7cf66
  5. #f1e4a8

Shades

#dcba24 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcba24
  2. #c6a720
  3. #b0951d
  4. #9a8219
  5. #847016
  6. #6e5d12
  7. #584a0e
  8. #42380b
  9. #2c2507
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcba24 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcba24
  2. #e0c13a
  3. #e3c850
  4. #e7cf66
  5. #ead67c
  6. #eedd92
  7. #f1e3a7
  8. #f5eabd
  9. #f8f1d3
  10. #fcf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcba24 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcba24
  2. #d3b42d
  3. #caae36
  4. #c0a940
  5. #b7a349
  6. #ae9d52
  7. #a5975b
  8. #9c9164
  9. #928c6e
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabb97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c130 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeaa9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b808 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9be2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b180 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcba24 {
  color: #dcba24;
}
Background
.bg-dcba24 {
  background-color: #dcba24;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcba24 {
  border: 2px solid #dcba24;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcba24;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 186 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 72% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcba24 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcba24, #a2dc24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcba24 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 186 36 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.92 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.25 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.75 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.94 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.57 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.63 #2345db Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcba24  rgb(220, 186, 36)  hsl(49, 72%, 50%)  Old Gold
#2446dc  rgb(36, 70, 220)  hsl(229, 72%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#24dcba  rgb(36, 220, 186)  hsl(169, 72%, 50%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ba24dc  rgb(186, 36, 220)  hsl(289, 72%, 50%)  Electric Purple