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#DCBB36

#dcbb36 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcbb36 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 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 75.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 48.07°, with 70.34% saturation and 53.73% 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 11.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.79.

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Relative luminance0.5102

Complementary

  1. #dcbb36
  2. #3657dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbb36
  2. #36aadc
  3. #6836dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6836
  2. #dcbb36
  3. #aadc36

Triadic

  1. #dcbb36
  2. #36dcbb
  3. #bb36dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbb36
  2. #57dc36
  3. #3657dc
  4. #bb36dc

Square

  1. #dcbb36
  2. #36dc68
  3. #3657dc
  4. #dc36aa

Monochromatic

  1. #675612
  2. #a88d1d
  3. #dcbb36
  4. #e7d177
  5. #f3e7b8

Shades

#dcbb36 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbb36
  2. #c6a831
  3. #b0962b
  4. #9a8326
  5. #847020
  6. #6e5e1b
  7. #584b16
  8. #423810
  9. #2c250b
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbb36 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbb36
  2. #e0c24a
  3. #e3c95e
  4. #e7cf72
  5. #ead686
  6. #eedd9b
  7. #f1e4af
  8. #f5ebc3
  9. #f8f1d7
  10. #fcf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbb36 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbb36
  2. #d3b53d
  3. #caaf45
  4. #c0a94c
  5. #b7a354
  6. #ae9e5b
  7. #a59862
  8. #9c926a
  9. #928c71
  10. #898679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabc9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb71d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c23e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeaca1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b929 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9bf3b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b284 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbb36 {
  color: #dcbb36;
}
Background
.bg-dcbb36 {
  background-color: #dcbb36;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbb36 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbb36;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbb36;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 187 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 70% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbb36 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbb36, #aadc36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbb36 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 187 54 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.79 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.51 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.88 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.82 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.37 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.69 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.71 #2344c9 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbb36  rgb(220, 187, 54)  hsl(48, 70%, 54%)  Old Gold
#3657dc  rgb(54, 87, 220)  hsl(228, 70%, 54%)  Iris
#36dcbb  rgb(54, 220, 187)  hsl(168, 70%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bb36dc  rgb(187, 54, 220)  hsl(288, 70%, 54%)  Electric Purple