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#DCBB00

#dcbb00 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcbb00 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 73.33% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 100% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 51°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.39.

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Relative luminance0.5076

Complementary

  1. #dcbb00
  2. #0021dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbb00
  2. #008fdc
  3. #4d00dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4d00
  2. #dcbb00
  3. #8fdc00

Triadic

  1. #dcbb00
  2. #00dcbb
  3. #bb00dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbb00
  2. #21dc00
  3. #0021dc
  4. #bb00dc

Square

  1. #dcbb00
  2. #00dc4d
  3. #0021dc
  4. #dc008f

Monochromatic

  1. #433900
  2. #907a00
  3. #dcbb00
  4. #ffdf2a
  5. #ffea76

Shades

#dcbb00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbb00
  2. #c6a800
  3. #b09600
  4. #9a8300
  5. #847000
  6. #6e5e00
  7. #584b00
  8. #423800
  9. #2c2500
  10. #161300
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbb00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbb00
  2. #e0c21a
  3. #e3c933
  4. #e7cf4d
  5. #ead666
  6. #eedd80
  7. #f1e499
  8. #f5ebb3
  9. #f8f1cc
  10. #fcf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbb00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbb00
  2. #d3b50d
  3. #caaf1a
  4. #c0a926
  5. #b7a333
  6. #ae9e40
  7. #a5984d
  8. #9c925a
  9. #928c66
  10. #898673
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabc96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c11e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efab9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dabf15 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b27e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbb00 {
  color: #dcbb00;
}
Background
.bg-dcbb00 {
  background-color: #dcbb00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbb00 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbb00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbb00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 187 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbb00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbb00, #8fdc00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbb00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 187 0 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.39 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.14 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.17 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.41 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.84 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.82 #2344ff Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbb00  rgb(220, 187, 0)  hsl(51, 100%, 43%)  Old Gold
#0021dc  rgb(0, 33, 220)  hsl(231, 100%, 43%)  Blue
#00dcbb  rgb(0, 220, 187)  hsl(171, 100%, 43%)  Turquoise
#bb00dc  rgb(187, 0, 220)  hsl(291, 100%, 43%)  Electric Purple