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#DCBD00

#dcbd00 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcbd00 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 74.12% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.09% magenta, 100% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 51.55°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 11.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 4.54.

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Relative luminance0.5161

Complementary

  1. #dcbd00
  2. #001fdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbd00
  2. #008ddc
  3. #4f00dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4f00
  2. #dcbd00
  3. #8ddc00

Triadic

  1. #dcbd00
  2. #00dcbd
  3. #bd00dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbd00
  2. #1fdc00
  3. #001fdc
  4. #bd00dc

Square

  1. #dcbd00
  2. #00dc4f
  3. #001fdc
  4. #dc008d

Monochromatic

  1. #433a00
  2. #907b00
  3. #dcbd00
  4. #ffe12a
  5. #ffec76

Shades

#dcbd00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbd00
  2. #c6aa00
  3. #b09700
  4. #9a8400
  5. #847100
  6. #6e5f00
  7. #584c00
  8. #423900
  9. #2c2600
  10. #161300
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbd00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbd00
  2. #e0c41a
  3. #e3ca33
  4. #e7d14d
  5. #ead766
  6. #eede80
  7. #f1e599
  8. #f5ebb3
  9. #f8f2cc
  10. #fcf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbd00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbd00
  2. #d3b70d
  3. #cab11a
  4. #c0ab26
  5. #b7a533
  6. #ae9f40
  7. #a5984d
  8. #9c925a
  9. #928c66
  10. #898673
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbe97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac31f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efada1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6ba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc016 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b47f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbd00 {
  color: #dcbd00;
}
Background
.bg-dcbd00 {
  background-color: #dcbd00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbd00 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbd00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbd00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 189 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbd00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbd00, #8ddc00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbd00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 189 0 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.54 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.54 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.17 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.42 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.67 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.94 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.66 #2342ff Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Jonquil
#dcbd00  rgb(220, 189, 0)  hsl(52, 100%, 43%)  Jonquil
#001fdc  rgb(0, 31, 220)  hsl(232, 100%, 43%)  Blue
#00dcbd  rgb(0, 220, 189)  hsl(172, 100%, 43%)  Turquoise
#bd00dc  rgb(189, 0, 220)  hsl(292, 100%, 43%)  Electric Purple