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#DCBC28

#dcbc28 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcbc28 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 73.73% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.55% magenta, 81.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 49.33°, with 72% saturation and 50.98% 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 11.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.32.

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Relative luminance0.5134

Complementary

  1. #dcbc28
  2. #2848dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbc28
  2. #28a2dc
  3. #6228dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6228
  2. #dcbc28
  3. #a2dc28

Triadic

  1. #dcbc28
  2. #28dcbc
  3. #bc28dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbc28
  2. #48dc28
  3. #2848dc
  4. #bc28dc

Square

  1. #dcbc28
  2. #28dc62
  3. #2848dc
  4. #dc28a2

Monochromatic

  1. #5c4e0f
  2. #9e861a
  3. #dcbc28
  4. #e7d06a
  5. #f1e5ac

Shades

#dcbc28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbc28
  2. #c6a924
  3. #b09620
  4. #9a841c
  5. #847118
  6. #6e5e14
  7. #584b10
  8. #42380c
  9. #2c2608
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbc28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbc28
  2. #e0c33e
  3. #e3c953
  4. #e7d069
  5. #ead77e
  6. #eede94
  7. #f1e4a9
  8. #f5ebbf
  9. #f8f2d4
  10. #fcf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbc28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbc28
  2. #d3b631
  3. #cab03a
  4. #c0aa42
  5. #b7a44b
  6. #ae9e54
  7. #a5985d
  8. #9c9266
  9. #928c6e
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbd99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c233 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeaca1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5ba11 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dac02f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b382 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbc28 {
  color: #dcbc28;
}
Background
.bg-dcbc28 {
  background-color: #dcbc28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbc28 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbc28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbc28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 188 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbc28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbc28, #a2dc28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbc28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 188 40 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.37 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.70 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.84 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.92 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.99 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.67 #2343d7 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbc28  rgb(220, 188, 40)  hsl(49, 72%, 51%)  Old Gold
#2848dc  rgb(40, 72, 220)  hsl(229, 72%, 51%)  Iris
#28dcbc  rgb(40, 220, 188)  hsl(169, 72%, 51%)  Turquoise
#bc28dc  rgb(188, 40, 220)  hsl(289, 72%, 51%)  Electric Purple