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#DCBB0A

#dcbb0a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcbb0a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 95.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 50.57°, with 91.3% saturation and 45.1% 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 11.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.2.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.5078

Complementary

  1. #dcbb0a
  2. #0a2bdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbb0a
  2. #0a94dc
  3. #520adc

Analogous

  1. #dc520a
  2. #dcbb0a
  3. #94dc0a

Triadic

  1. #dcbb0a
  2. #0adcbb
  3. #bb0adc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbb0a
  2. #2bdc0a
  3. #0a2bdc
  4. #bb0adc

Square

  1. #dcbb0a
  2. #0adc52
  3. #0a2bdc
  4. #dc0a94

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3f03
  2. #937d07
  3. #dcbb0a
  4. #f6d93c
  5. #f9e786

Shades

#dcbb0a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbb0a
  2. #c6a809
  3. #b09608
  4. #9a8307
  5. #847006
  6. #6e5e05
  7. #584b04
  8. #423803
  9. #2c2502
  10. #161301
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbb0a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbb0a
  2. #e0c223
  3. #e3c93b
  4. #e7cf54
  5. #ead66c
  6. #eedd85
  7. #f1e49d
  8. #f5ebb6
  9. #f8f1ce
  10. #fcf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbb0a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbb0a
  2. #d3b516
  3. #caaf22
  4. #c0a92d
  5. #b7a339
  6. #ae9e45
  7. #a59851
  8. #9c925d
  9. #928c68
  10. #898674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.16:1 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 #d8c122 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efab9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dabf1b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b27e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbb0a {
  color: #dcbb0a;
}
Background
.bg-dcbb0a {
  background-color: #dcbb0a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbb0a {
  border: 2px solid #dcbb0a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbb0a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 187 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 91% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbb0a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbb0a, #94dc0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbb0a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 187 10 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.20 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.64 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.97 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.09 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.25 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.89 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.78 #2344f5 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbb0a  rgb(220, 187, 10)  hsl(51, 91%, 45%)  Old Gold
#0a2bdc  rgb(10, 43, 220)  hsl(231, 91%, 45%)  Blue
#0adcbb  rgb(10, 220, 187)  hsl(171, 91%, 45%)  Turquoise
#bb0adc  rgb(187, 10, 220)  hsl(291, 91%, 45%)  Electric Purple