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#DCC03E

#dcc03e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcc03e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 75.29% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.73% magenta, 71.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 49.37°, with 69.3% saturation and 55.29% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.07.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5326

Complementary

  1. #dcc03e
  2. #3e5adc

Split complementary

  1. #dcc03e
  2. #3ea9dc
  3. #713edc

Analogous

  1. #dc713e
  2. #dcc03e
  3. #a9dc3e

Triadic

  1. #dcc03e
  2. #3edcc0
  3. #c03edc

Tetradic

  1. #dcc03e
  2. #5adc3e
  3. #3e5adc
  4. #c03edc

Square

  1. #dcc03e
  2. #3edc71
  3. #3e5adc
  4. #dc3ea9

Monochromatic

  1. #6d5d14
  2. #ae9520
  3. #dcc03e
  4. #e8d57f
  5. #f3eabf

Shades

#dcc03e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcc03e
  2. #c6ad38
  3. #b09a32
  4. #9a862b
  5. #847325
  6. #6e601f
  7. #584d19
  8. #423a13
  9. #2c260c
  10. #161306
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcc03e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcc03e
  2. #e0c651
  3. #e3cd65
  4. #e7d378
  5. #ead98b
  6. #eee09f
  7. #f1e6b2
  8. #f5ecc5
  9. #f8f2d8
  10. #fcf9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcc03e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcc03e
  2. #d3ba45
  3. #cab34b
  4. #c0ad52
  5. #b7a658
  6. #aea05f
  7. #a59a66
  8. #9c936c
  9. #928d73
  10. #898679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccc19d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bc29 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc546 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edb1a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bd33 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc343 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b789 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcc03e {
  color: #dcc03e;
}
Background
.bg-dcc03e {
  background-color: #dcc03e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcc03e {
  border: 2px solid #dcc03e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcc03e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 192 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcc03e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcc03e, #a9dc3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcc03e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 192 62 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.07 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.97 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.33 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.47 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.54 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.72 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.43 #233fc1 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcc03e  rgb(220, 192, 62)  hsl(49, 69%, 55%)  Old Gold
#3e5adc  rgb(62, 90, 220)  hsl(229, 69%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3edcc0  rgb(62, 220, 192)  hsl(169, 69%, 55%)  Turquoise
#c03edc  rgb(192, 62, 220)  hsl(289, 69%, 55%)  Medium Orchid