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#DCBD40

#dcbd40 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcbd40 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 74.12% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.09% magenta, 70.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 48.08°, with 69.03% saturation and 55.69% 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 11.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.67.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5198

Complementary

  1. #dcbd40
  2. #405fdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbd40
  2. #40addc
  3. #6f40dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6f40
  2. #dcbd40
  3. #addc40

Triadic

  1. #dcbd40
  2. #40dcbd
  3. #bd40dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbd40
  2. #5fdc40
  3. #405fdc
  4. #bd40dc

Square

  1. #dcbd40
  2. #40dc6f
  3. #405fdc
  4. #dc40ad

Monochromatic

  1. #6f5d14
  2. #af9320
  3. #dcbd40
  4. #e8d381
  5. #f4eac1

Shades

#dcbd40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbd40
  2. #c6aa3a
  3. #b09733
  4. #9a842d
  5. #847126
  6. #6e5f20
  7. #584c1a
  8. #423913
  9. #2c260d
  10. #161306
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbd40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbd40
  2. #e0c453
  3. #e3ca66
  4. #e7d179
  5. #ead78c
  6. #eedea0
  7. #f1e5b3
  8. #f5ebc6
  9. #f8f2d9
  10. #fcf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbd40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbd40
  2. #d3b746
  3. #cab14d
  4. #c0ab53
  5. #b7a55a
  6. #ae9f60
  7. #a59866
  8. #9c926d
  9. #928c73
  10. #89867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbe9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b92d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c347 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edaea4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5bb36 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dac144 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b487 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbd40 {
  color: #dcbd40;
}
Background
.bg-dcbd40 {
  background-color: #dcbd40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbd40 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbd40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbd40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 189 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 69% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbd40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbd40, #addc40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbd40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 189 64 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.67 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.91 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.27 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.16 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.69 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.13 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.80 #2342bf Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbd40  rgb(220, 189, 64)  hsl(48, 69%, 56%)  Old Gold
#405fdc  rgb(64, 95, 220)  hsl(228, 69%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#40dcbd  rgb(64, 220, 189)  hsl(168, 69%, 56%)  Turquoise
#bd40dc  rgb(189, 64, 220)  hsl(288, 69%, 56%)  Medium Orchid