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#DCBA34

#dcba34 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcba34 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 20.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.45% magenta, 76.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 47.86°, with 70.59% saturation and 53.33% 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 11.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.87.

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Relative luminance0.5058

Complementary

  1. #dcba34
  2. #3456dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcba34
  2. #34aadc
  3. #6634dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6634
  2. #dcba34
  3. #aadc34

Triadic

  1. #dcba34
  2. #34dcba
  3. #ba34dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcba34
  2. #56dc34
  3. #3456dc
  4. #ba34dc

Square

  1. #dcba34
  2. #34dc66
  3. #3456dc
  4. #dc34aa

Monochromatic

  1. #655411
  2. #a78b1d
  3. #dcba34
  4. #e7d075
  5. #f2e6b6

Shades

#dcba34 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcba34
  2. #c6a72f
  3. #b0952a
  4. #9a8224
  5. #84701f
  6. #6e5d1a
  7. #584a15
  8. #423810
  9. #2c250a
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcba34 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcba34
  2. #e0c148
  3. #e3c85d
  4. #e7cf71
  5. #ead685
  6. #eedd9a
  7. #f1e3ae
  8. #f5eac2
  9. #f8f1d6
  10. #fcf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcba34 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcba34
  2. #d3b43c
  3. #caae43
  4. #c0a94b
  5. #b7a352
  6. #ae9d5a
  7. #a59762
  8. #9c9169
  9. #928c71
  10. #898678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabb99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb719 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c13c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeaba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b826 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9be39 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b183 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcba34 {
  color: #dcba34;
}
Background
.bg-dcba34 {
  background-color: #dcba34;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcba34 {
  border: 2px solid #dcba34;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcba34;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 186 52;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 71% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcba34 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcba34, #aadc34);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcba34 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 186 52 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.26 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.62 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.74 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.41 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.67 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.83 #2345cb Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcba34  rgb(220, 186, 52)  hsl(48, 71%, 53%)  Old Gold
#3456dc  rgb(52, 86, 220)  hsl(228, 71%, 53%)  Iris
#34dcba  rgb(52, 220, 186)  hsl(168, 71%, 53%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ba34dc  rgb(186, 52, 220)  hsl(288, 71%, 53%)  Electric Purple