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#DCBB08

#dcbb08 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcbb08 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 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 96.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 50.66°, with 92.98% saturation and 44.71% 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 4.24.

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Relative luminance0.5077

Complementary

  1. #dcbb08
  2. #0829dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbb08
  2. #0893dc
  3. #5108dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5108
  2. #dcbb08
  3. #93dc08

Triadic

  1. #dcbb08
  2. #08dcbb
  3. #bb08dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbb08
  2. #29dc08
  3. #0829dc
  4. #bb08dc

Square

  1. #dcbb08
  2. #08dc51
  3. #0829dc
  4. #dc0893

Monochromatic

  1. #483e03
  2. #927c05
  3. #dcbb08
  4. #f8da39
  5. #fae883

Shades

#dcbb08 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbb08
  2. #c6a807
  3. #b09606
  4. #9a8306
  5. #847005
  6. #6e5e04
  7. #584b03
  8. #423802
  9. #2c2502
  10. #161301
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbb08 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbb08
  2. #e0c221
  3. #e3c939
  4. #e7cf52
  5. #ead66b
  6. #eedd84
  7. #f1e49c
  8. #f5ebb5
  9. #f8f1ce
  10. #fcf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbb08 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbb08
  2. #d3b514
  3. #caaf20
  4. #c0a92c
  5. #b7a338
  6. #ae9e44
  7. #a59850
  8. #9c925c
  9. #928c68
  10. #898674
  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 #d8c121 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efab9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dabf1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b27e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbb08 {
  color: #dcbb08;
}
Background
.bg-dcbb08 {
  background-color: #dcbb08;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbb08 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbb08;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbb08;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 187 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 93% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbb08 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbb08, #93dc08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbb08 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 187 8 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.24 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.63 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.00 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.10 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.28 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.87 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.79 #2344f7 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbb08  rgb(220, 187, 8)  hsl(51, 93%, 45%)  Old Gold
#0829dc  rgb(8, 41, 220)  hsl(231, 93%, 45%)  Blue
#08dcbb  rgb(8, 220, 187)  hsl(171, 93%, 45%)  Turquoise
#bb08dc  rgb(187, 8, 220)  hsl(291, 93%, 45%)  Electric Purple