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#DCBE14

#dcbe14 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcbe14 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 74.51% green and 7.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.64% magenta, 90.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 51°, with 83.33% saturation and 47.06% 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 11.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.24.

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Relative luminance0.5209

Complementary

  1. #dcbe14
  2. #1432dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbe14
  2. #1496dc
  3. #5a14dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5a14
  2. #dcbe14
  3. #96dc14

Triadic

  1. #dcbe14
  2. #14dcbe
  3. #be14dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbe14
  2. #32dc14
  3. #1432dc
  4. #be14dc

Square

  1. #dcbe14
  2. #14dc5a
  3. #1432dc
  4. #dc1496

Monochromatic

  1. #504507
  2. #96810e
  3. #dcbe14
  4. #efd74e
  5. #f5e794

Shades

#dcbe14 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbe14
  2. #c6ab12
  3. #b09810
  4. #9a850e
  5. #84720c
  6. #6e5f0a
  7. #584c08
  8. #423906
  9. #2c2604
  10. #161302
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbe14 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbe14
  2. #e0c52c
  3. #e3cb43
  4. #e7d25b
  5. #ead872
  6. #eedf8a
  7. #f1e5a1
  8. #f5ecb9
  9. #f8f2d0
  10. #fcf9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbe14 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbe14
  2. #d3b81f
  3. #cab22a
  4. #c0ab34
  5. #b7a53f
  6. #ae9f4a
  7. #a59955
  8. #9c9360
  9. #928c6a
  10. #898675
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbf98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac327 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeaea2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc121 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b581 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbe14 {
  color: #dcbe14;
}
Background
.bg-dcbe14 {
  background-color: #dcbe14;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbe14 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbe14;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbe14;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 190 20;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 83% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbe14 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbe14, #96dc14);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbe14 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 190 20 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.24 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.56 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.95 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.60 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.89 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.68 #2341eb Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbe14  rgb(220, 190, 20)  hsl(51, 83%, 47%)  Old Gold
#1432dc  rgb(20, 50, 220)  hsl(231, 83%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#14dcbe  rgb(20, 220, 190)  hsl(171, 83%, 47%)  Turquoise
#be14dc  rgb(190, 20, 220)  hsl(291, 83%, 47%)  Electric Purple