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#DCBF0B

#dcbf0b ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcbf0b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 74.9% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.18% magenta, 95% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 51.67°, with 90.48% saturation and 45.29% 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 11.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 4.56.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.525

Complementary

  1. #dcbf0b
  2. #0b28dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbf0b
  2. #0b91dc
  3. #560bdc

Analogous

  1. #dc560b
  2. #dcbf0b
  3. #91dc0b

Triadic

  1. #dcbf0b
  2. #0bdcbf
  3. #bf0bdc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbf0b
  2. #28dc0b
  3. #0b28dc
  4. #bf0bdc

Square

  1. #dcbf0b
  2. #0bdc56
  3. #0b28dc
  4. #dc0b91

Monochromatic

  1. #4a4004
  2. #938007
  3. #dcbf0b
  4. #f5dc3e
  5. #f9e987

Shades

#dcbf0b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbf0b
  2. #c6ac0a
  3. #b09909
  4. #9a8608
  5. #847307
  6. #6e6006
  7. #584c04
  8. #423903
  9. #2c2602
  10. #161301
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbf0b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbf0b
  2. #e0c523
  3. #e3cc3c
  4. #e7d254
  5. #ead96d
  6. #eedf85
  7. #f1e59d
  8. #f5ecb6
  9. #f8f2ce
  10. #fcf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbf0b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbf0b
  2. #d3b917
  3. #cab222
  4. #c0ac2e
  5. #b7a63a
  6. #aea046
  7. #a59951
  8. #9c935d
  9. #928d69
  10. #898674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbf99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc423 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeafa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc21c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b681 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbf0b {
  color: #dcbf0b;
}
Background
.bg-dcbf0b {
  background-color: #dcbf0b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbf0b {
  border: 2px solid #dcbf0b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbf0b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 191 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 90% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbf0b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbf0b, #91dc0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbf0b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 191 11 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.56 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.58 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.06 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.35 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.57 #2340f4 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#dcbf0b  rgb(220, 191, 11)  hsl(52, 90%, 45%)  Jonquil
#0b28dc  rgb(11, 40, 220)  hsl(232, 90%, 45%)  Blue
#0bdcbf  rgb(11, 220, 191)  hsl(172, 90%, 45%)  Turquoise
#bf0bdc  rgb(191, 11, 220)  hsl(292, 90%, 45%)  Electric Purple