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#DCC35E

#dcc35e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dcc35e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 76.47% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.36% magenta, 57.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 48.1°, with 64.29% saturation and 61.57% 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 12.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.48.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5505

Complementary

  1. #dcc35e
  2. #5e77dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcc35e
  2. #5eb6dc
  3. #845edc

Analogous

  1. #dc845e
  2. #dcc35e
  3. #b6dc5e

Triadic

  1. #dcc35e
  2. #5edcc3
  3. #c35edc

Tetradic

  1. #dcc35e
  2. #77dc5e
  3. #5e77dc
  4. #c35edc

Square

  1. #dcc35e
  2. #5edc84
  3. #5e77dc
  4. #dc5eb6

Monochromatic

  1. #84701d
  2. #c3a52a
  3. #dcc35e
  4. #eada9d
  5. #f7f2dc

Shades

#dcc35e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcc35e
  2. #c6b055
  3. #b09c4b
  4. #9a8942
  5. #847538
  6. #6e622f
  7. #584e26
  8. #423b1c
  9. #2c2713
  10. #161409
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcc35e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcc35e
  2. #e0c96e
  3. #e3cf7e
  4. #e7d58e
  5. #eadb9e
  6. #eee1af
  7. #f1e7bf
  8. #f5edcf
  9. #f8f3df
  10. #fcf9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcc35e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcc35e
  2. #d3bc61
  3. #cab665
  4. #c0af68
  5. #b7a86c
  6. #aea26f
  7. #a59b72
  8. #9c9476
  9. #928d79
  10. #89877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec3a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bf54 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc762 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecb6ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7c158 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc661 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6bb93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcc35e {
  color: #dcc35e;
}
Background
.bg-dcc35e {
  background-color: #dcc35e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcc35e {
  border: 2px solid #dcc35e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcc35e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 195 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 64% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcc35e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcc35e, #b6dc5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcc35e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 195 94 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.48 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.00 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.14 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.14 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.23 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.40 #233ca1 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcc35e  rgb(220, 195, 94)  hsl(48, 64%, 62%)  Old Gold
#5e77dc  rgb(94, 119, 220)  hsl(228, 64%, 62%)  Royal Blue
#5edcc3  rgb(94, 220, 195)  hsl(168, 64%, 62%)  Turquoise
#c35edc  rgb(195, 94, 220)  hsl(288, 64%, 62%)  Medium Orchid