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#DCBE21

#dcbe21 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcbe21 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 74.51% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.64% magenta, 85% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 50.37°, with 73.91% saturation and 49.61% 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 11.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.81.

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Relative luminance0.5215

Complementary

  1. #dcbe21
  2. #213fdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbe21
  2. #219ddc
  3. #6021dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6021
  2. #dcbe21
  3. #9ddc21

Triadic

  1. #dcbe21
  2. #21dcbe
  3. #be21dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbe21
  2. #3fdc21
  3. #213fdc
  4. #be21dc

Square

  1. #dcbe21
  2. #21dc60
  3. #213fdc
  4. #dc219d

Monochromatic

  1. #574b0d
  2. #998517
  3. #dcbe21
  4. #e7d262
  5. #f1e5a5

Shades

#dcbe21 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbe21
  2. #c6ab1e
  3. #b0981a
  4. #9a8517
  5. #847214
  6. #6e5f11
  7. #584c0d
  8. #42390a
  9. #2c2607
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbe21 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbe21
  2. #e0c537
  3. #e3cb4d
  4. #e7d264
  5. #ead87a
  6. #eedf90
  7. #f1e5a6
  8. #f5ecbc
  9. #f8f2d3
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbe21 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbe21
  2. #d3b82b
  3. #cab234
  4. #c0ab3e
  5. #b7a547
  6. #ae9f51
  7. #a5995a
  8. #9c9364
  9. #928c6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbf99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac32f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeaea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6bb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc12a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b582 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbe21 {
  color: #dcbe21;
}
Background
.bg-dcbe21 {
  background-color: #dcbe21;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbe21 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbe21;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbe21;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 190 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 74% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbe21 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbe21, #9ddc21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbe21 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 190 33 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.81 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.65 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.23 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.27 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.55 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.83 #2341de Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbe21  rgb(220, 190, 33)  hsl(50, 74%, 50%)  Old Gold
#213fdc  rgb(33, 63, 220)  hsl(230, 74%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#21dcbe  rgb(33, 220, 190)  hsl(170, 74%, 50%)  Turquoise
#be21dc  rgb(190, 33, 220)  hsl(290, 74%, 50%)  Electric Purple