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#DCC353

#dcc353 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcc353 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 76.47% green and 32.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.36% magenta, 62.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 49.05°, with 66.18% saturation and 59.41% 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 11.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.81.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5487

Complementary

  1. #dcc353
  2. #536cdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcc353
  2. #53b0dc
  3. #7e53dc

Analogous

  1. #dc7e53
  2. #dcc353
  3. #b0dc53

Triadic

  1. #dcc353
  2. #53dcc3
  3. #c353dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcc353
  2. #6cdc53
  3. #536cdc
  4. #c353dc

Square

  1. #dcc353
  2. #53dc7e
  3. #536cdc
  4. #dc53b0

Monochromatic

  1. #7d6b19
  2. #bca126
  3. #dcc353
  4. #e9d993
  5. #f6efd2

Shades

#dcc353 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcc353
  2. #c6b04b
  3. #b09c42
  4. #9a893a
  5. #847532
  6. #6e622a
  7. #584e21
  8. #423b19
  9. #2c2711
  10. #161408
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcc353 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcc353
  2. #e0c964
  3. #e3cf75
  4. #e7d587
  5. #eadb98
  6. #eee1a9
  7. #f1e7ba
  8. #f5edcb
  9. #f8f3dd
  10. #fcf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcc353 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcc353
  2. #d3bc58
  3. #cab65c
  4. #c0af61
  5. #b7a865
  6. #aea26a
  7. #a59b6e
  8. #9c9473
  9. #928d77
  10. #89877c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec3a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bf46 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc759 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecb5ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8c04c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc556 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6bb90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcc353 {
  color: #dcc353;
}
Background
.bg-dcc353 {
  background-color: #dcc353;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcc353 {
  border: 2px solid #dcc353;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcc353;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 195 83;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 66% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcc353 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcc353, #b0dc53);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcc353 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 195 83 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.81 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.45 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.84 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.06 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.17 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.64 #233cac Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcc353  rgb(220, 195, 83)  hsl(49, 66%, 59%)  Old Gold
#536cdc  rgb(83, 108, 220)  hsl(229, 66%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#53dcc3  rgb(83, 220, 195)  hsl(169, 66%, 59%)  Turquoise
#c353dc  rgb(195, 83, 220)  hsl(289, 66%, 59%)  Medium Orchid