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#DCBB22

#dcbb22 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcbb22 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 73.33% green and 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 84.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 49.35°, with 73.23% saturation and 49.8% 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 11.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.51.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5087

Complementary

  1. #dcbb22
  2. #2243dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbb22
  2. #22a0dc
  3. #5e22dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5e22
  2. #dcbb22
  3. #a0dc22

Triadic

  1. #dcbb22
  2. #22dcbb
  3. #bb22dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbb22
  2. #43dc22
  3. #2243dc
  4. #bb22dc

Square

  1. #dcbb22
  2. #22dc5e
  3. #2243dc
  4. #dc22a0

Monochromatic

  1. #574a0e
  2. #9a8318
  3. #dcbb22
  4. #e7d064
  5. #f1e4a6

Shades

#dcbb22 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbb22
  2. #c6a81f
  3. #b0961b
  4. #9a8318
  5. #847014
  6. #6e5e11
  7. #584b0e
  8. #42380a
  9. #2c2507
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbb22 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbb22
  2. #e0c238
  3. #e3c94e
  4. #e7cf64
  5. #ead67a
  6. #eedd91
  7. #f1e4a7
  8. #f5ebbd
  9. #f8f1d3
  10. #fcf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbb22 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbb22
  2. #d3b52b
  3. #caaf35
  4. #c0a93e
  5. #b7a348
  6. #ae9e51
  7. #a5985a
  8. #9c9264
  9. #928c6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabc97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c12f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeaba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b902 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dabf2a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b280 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbb22 {
  color: #dcbb22;
}
Background
.bg-dcbb22 {
  background-color: #dcbb22;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbb22 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbb22;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbb22;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 187 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 73% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbb22 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbb22, #a0dc22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbb22 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 187 34 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.51 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.29 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.61 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.81 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.86 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.18 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.65 #2344dd Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbb22  rgb(220, 187, 34)  hsl(49, 73%, 50%)  Old Gold
#2243dc  rgb(34, 67, 220)  hsl(229, 73%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#22dcbb  rgb(34, 220, 187)  hsl(169, 73%, 50%)  Turquoise
#bb22dc  rgb(187, 34, 220)  hsl(289, 73%, 50%)  Electric Purple