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#DCBE28

#dcbe28 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcbe28 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 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.64% magenta, 81.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 50°, 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 11.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.53.

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Relative luminance0.522

Complementary

  1. #dcbe28
  2. #2846dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbe28
  2. #28a0dc
  3. #6428dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6428
  2. #dcbe28
  3. #a0dc28

Triadic

  1. #dcbe28
  2. #28dcbe
  3. #be28dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbe28
  2. #46dc28
  3. #2846dc
  4. #be28dc

Square

  1. #dcbe28
  2. #28dc64
  3. #2846dc
  4. #dc28a0

Monochromatic

  1. #5c4f0f
  2. #9e881a
  3. #dcbe28
  4. #e7d26a
  5. #f1e6ac

Shades

#dcbe28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbe28
  2. #c6ab24
  3. #b09820
  4. #9a851c
  5. #847218
  6. #6e5f14
  7. #584c10
  8. #42390c
  9. #2c2608
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbe28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbe28
  2. #e0c53e
  3. #e3cb53
  4. #e7d269
  5. #ead87e
  6. #eedf94
  7. #f1e5a9
  8. #f5ecbf
  9. #f8f2d4
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbe28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbe28
  2. #d3b831
  3. #cab23a
  4. #c0ab42
  5. #b7a54b
  6. #ae9f54
  7. #a5995d
  8. #9c9366
  9. #928c6e
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbf9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac334 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeafa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6bb10 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc130 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b583 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbe28 {
  color: #dcbe28;
}
Background
.bg-dcbe28 {
  background-color: #dcbe28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbe28 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbe28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbe28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 190 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbe28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbe28, #a0dc28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbe28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 190 40 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.53 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.00 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.20 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.32 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.33 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.80 #2341d7 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbe28  rgb(220, 190, 40)  hsl(50, 72%, 51%)  Old Gold
#2846dc  rgb(40, 70, 220)  hsl(230, 72%, 51%)  Iris
#28dcbe  rgb(40, 220, 190)  hsl(170, 72%, 51%)  Turquoise
#be28dc  rgb(190, 40, 220)  hsl(290, 72%, 51%)  Electric Purple