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#DCBE3D

#dcbe3d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcbe3d 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 23.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.64% magenta, 72.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 48.68°, with 69.43% saturation and 55.1% 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 11.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.79.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5238

Complementary

  1. #dcbe3d
  2. #3d5bdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbe3d
  2. #3dabdc
  3. #6f3ddc

Analogous

  1. #dc6f3d
  2. #dcbe3d
  3. #abdc3d

Triadic

  1. #dcbe3d
  2. #3ddcbe
  3. #be3ddc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbe3d
  2. #5bdc3d
  3. #3d5bdc
  4. #be3ddc

Square

  1. #dcbe3d
  2. #3ddc6f
  3. #3d5bdc
  4. #dc3dab

Monochromatic

  1. #6c5c14
  2. #ad921f
  3. #dcbe3d
  4. #e8d47e
  5. #f3e9bf

Shades

#dcbe3d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbe3d
  2. #c6ab37
  3. #b09831
  4. #9a852b
  5. #847225
  6. #6e5f1f
  7. #584c18
  8. #423912
  9. #2c260c
  10. #161306
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbe3d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbe3d
  2. #e0c550
  3. #e3cb64
  4. #e7d277
  5. #ead88b
  6. #eedf9e
  7. #f1e5b1
  8. #f5ecc5
  9. #f8f2d8
  10. #fcf9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbe3d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbe3d
  2. #d3b844
  3. #cab24a
  4. #c0ab51
  5. #b7a558
  6. #ae9f5f
  7. #a59965
  8. #9c936c
  9. #928c73
  10. #898679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbf9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba28 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c445 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edafa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6bc32 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dac142 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b587 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbe3d {
  color: #dcbe3d;
}
Background
.bg-dcbe3d {
  background-color: #dcbe3d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbe3d {
  border: 2px solid #dcbe3d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbe3d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 190 61;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbe3d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbe3d, #abdc3d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbe3d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 190 61 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.79 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.67 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.22 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.46 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.28 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.35 #2341c2 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbe3d  rgb(220, 190, 61)  hsl(49, 69%, 55%)  Old Gold
#3d5bdc  rgb(61, 91, 220)  hsl(229, 69%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3ddcbe  rgb(61, 220, 190)  hsl(169, 69%, 55%)  Turquoise
#be3ddc  rgb(190, 61, 220)  hsl(289, 69%, 55%)  Medium Orchid