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#DCBA2E

#dcba2e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcba2e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.45% magenta, 79.09% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 48.28°, with 71.31% saturation and 52.16% 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 11.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.05.

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Relative luminance0.5053

Complementary

  1. #dcba2e
  2. #2e50dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcba2e
  2. #2ea7dc
  3. #632edc

Analogous

  1. #dc632e
  2. #dcba2e
  3. #a7dc2e

Triadic

  1. #dcba2e
  2. #2edcba
  3. #ba2edc

Tetradic

  1. #dcba2e
  2. #50dc2e
  3. #2e50dc
  4. #ba2edc

Square

  1. #dcba2e
  2. #2edc63
  3. #2e50dc
  4. #dc2ea7

Monochromatic

  1. #615110
  2. #a2881b
  3. #dcba2e
  4. #e7d070
  5. #f2e5b1

Shades

#dcba2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcba2e
  2. #c6a729
  3. #b09525
  4. #9a8220
  5. #84701c
  6. #6e5d17
  7. #584a12
  8. #42380e
  9. #2c2509
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcba2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcba2e
  2. #e0c143
  3. #e3c858
  4. #e7cf6d
  5. #ead682
  6. #eedd97
  7. #f1e3ab
  8. #f5eac0
  9. #f8f1d5
  10. #fcf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcba2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcba2e
  2. #d3b436
  3. #caae3e
  4. #c0a947
  5. #b7a34f
  6. #ae9d57
  7. #a5975f
  8. #9c9167
  9. #928c70
  10. #898678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabb98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb708 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c138 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeaba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b81d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9be34 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b182 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcba2e {
  color: #dcba2e;
}
Background
.bg-dcba2e {
  background-color: #dcba2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcba2e {
  border: 2px solid #dcba2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcba2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 186 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcba2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcba2e, #a7dc2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcba2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 186 46 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.05 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.51 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.85 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.71 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.19 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.63 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.80 #2345d1 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcba2e  rgb(220, 186, 46)  hsl(48, 71%, 52%)  Old Gold
#2e50dc  rgb(46, 80, 220)  hsl(228, 71%, 52%)  Iris
#2edcba  rgb(46, 220, 186)  hsl(168, 71%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ba2edc  rgb(186, 46, 220)  hsl(288, 71%, 52%)  Electric Purple