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#DCBA5E

#dcba5e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dcba5e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 72.94% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.45% magenta, 57.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.81°, with 64.29% saturation and 61.57% 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 11.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 4.54.

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Relative luminance0.5114

Complementary

  1. #dcba5e
  2. #5e80dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcba5e
  2. #5ebfdc
  3. #7b5edc

Analogous

  1. #dc7b5e
  2. #dcba5e
  3. #bfdc5e

Triadic

  1. #dcba5e
  2. #5edcba
  3. #ba5edc

Tetradic

  1. #dcba5e
  2. #80dc5e
  3. #5e80dc
  4. #ba5edc

Square

  1. #dcba5e
  2. #5edc7b
  3. #5e80dc
  4. #dc5ebf

Monochromatic

  1. #84681d
  2. #c39a2a
  3. #dcba5e
  4. #ead59d
  5. #f7f0dc

Shades

#dcba5e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcba5e
  2. #c6a755
  3. #b0954b
  4. #9a8242
  5. #847038
  6. #6e5d2f
  7. #584a26
  8. #42381c
  9. #2c2513
  10. #161309
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcba5e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcba5e
  2. #e0c16e
  3. #e3c87e
  4. #e7cf8e
  5. #ead69e
  6. #eeddaf
  7. #f1e3bf
  8. #f5eacf
  9. #f8f1df
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcba5e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcba5e
  2. #d3b461
  3. #caae65
  4. #c0a968
  5. #b7a36c
  6. #ae9d6f
  7. #a59772
  8. #9c9176
  9. #928c79
  10. #89867d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabca0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb855 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4c162 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecada5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b959 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7bf60 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b28e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcba5e {
  color: #dcba5e;
}
Background
.bg-dcba5e {
  background-color: #dcba5e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcba5e {
  border: 2px solid #dcba5e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcba5e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 186 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 64% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcba5e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcba5e, #bfdc5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcba5e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 186 94 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.54 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.07 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.37 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.07 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.71 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 8.59 #2345a1 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dcba5e  rgb(220, 186, 94)  hsl(44, 64%, 62%)  Metallic Gold
#5e80dc  rgb(94, 128, 220)  hsl(224, 64%, 62%)  Glaucous
#5edcba  rgb(94, 220, 186)  hsl(164, 64%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ba5edc  rgb(186, 94, 220)  hsl(284, 64%, 62%)  Medium Orchid