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#DCBF20

#dcbf20 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcbf20 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 74.9% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.18% magenta, 85.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 50.74°, with 74.6% saturation and 49.41% 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 11.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.99.

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Relative luminance0.5258

Complementary

  1. #dcbf20
  2. #203ddc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbf20
  2. #209bdc
  3. #6120dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6120
  2. #dcbf20
  3. #9bdc20

Triadic

  1. #dcbf20
  2. #20dcbf
  3. #bf20dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbf20
  2. #3ddc20
  3. #203ddc
  4. #bf20dc

Square

  1. #dcbf20
  2. #20dc61
  3. #203ddc
  4. #dc209b

Monochromatic

  1. #564b0d
  2. #998516
  3. #dcbf20
  4. #e8d361
  5. #f2e6a3

Shades

#dcbf20 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbf20
  2. #c6ac1d
  3. #b0991a
  4. #9a8616
  5. #847313
  6. #6e6010
  7. #584c0d
  8. #42390a
  9. #2c2606
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbf20 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbf20
  2. #e0c536
  3. #e3cc4d
  4. #e7d263
  5. #ead979
  6. #eedf90
  7. #f1e5a6
  8. #f5ecbc
  9. #f8f2d2
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbf20 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbf20
  2. #d3b92a
  3. #cab233
  4. #c0ac3d
  5. #b7a646
  6. #aea050
  7. #a5995a
  8. #9c9363
  9. #928d6d
  10. #898676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbf9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc42f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeafa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc229 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b683 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbf20 {
  color: #dcbf20;
}
Background
.bg-dcbf20 {
  background-color: #dcbf20;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbf20 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbf20;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbf20;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 191 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbf20 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbf20, #9bdc20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbf20 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 191 32 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.99 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.64 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.80 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.45 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.57 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.89 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.75 #2340df Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcbf20  rgb(220, 191, 32)  hsl(51, 75%, 49%)  Old Gold
#203ddc  rgb(32, 61, 220)  hsl(231, 75%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#20dcbf  rgb(32, 220, 191)  hsl(171, 75%, 49%)  Turquoise
#bf20dc  rgb(191, 32, 220)  hsl(291, 75%, 49%)  Electric Purple