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#DCBE33

#dcbe33 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcbe33 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 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.64% magenta, 76.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 49.35°, with 70.71% saturation and 53.14% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.08.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5228

Complementary

  1. #dcbe33
  2. #3351dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbe33
  2. #33a6dc
  3. #6a33dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6a33
  2. #dcbe33
  3. #a6dc33

Triadic

  1. #dcbe33
  2. #33dcbe
  3. #be33dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbe33
  2. #51dc33
  3. #3351dc
  4. #be33dc

Square

  1. #dcbe33
  2. #33dc6a
  3. #3351dc
  4. #dc33a6

Monochromatic

  1. #655611
  2. #a68e1c
  3. #dcbe33
  4. #e7d374
  5. #f2e8b6

Shades

#dcbe33 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbe33
  2. #c6ab2e
  3. #b09829
  4. #9a8524
  5. #84721f
  6. #6e5f1a
  7. #584c14
  8. #42390f
  9. #2c260a
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbe33 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbe33
  2. #e0c547
  3. #e3cb5c
  4. #e7d270
  5. #ead885
  6. #eedf99
  7. #f1e5ad
  8. #f5ecc2
  9. #f8f2d6
  10. #fcf9eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbe33 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbe33
  2. #d3b83b
  3. #cab242
  4. #c0ab4a
  5. #b7a552
  6. #ae9f5a
  7. #a59961
  8. #9c9369
  9. #928c71
  10. #898678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbf9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba15 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac33c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeafa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6bc24 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc139 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b585 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbe33 {
  color: #dcbe33;
}
Background
.bg-dcbe33 {
  background-color: #dcbe33;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbe33 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbe33;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbe33;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 190 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 71% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbe33 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbe33, #a6dc33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbe33 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 190 51 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.08 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.61 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.97 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.04 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.15 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.73 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.79 #2341cc Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbe33  rgb(220, 190, 51)  hsl(49, 71%, 53%)  Old Gold
#3351dc  rgb(51, 81, 220)  hsl(229, 71%, 53%)  Iris
#33dcbe  rgb(51, 220, 190)  hsl(169, 71%, 53%)  Turquoise
#be33dc  rgb(190, 51, 220)  hsl(289, 71%, 53%)  Electric Purple