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#DCC561

#dcc561 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dcc561 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 77.25% green and 38.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.45% magenta, 55.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 48.78°, with 63.73% saturation and 62.16% 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 12.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.97.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5601

Complementary

  1. #dcc561
  2. #6178dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcc561
  2. #61b6dc
  3. #8861dc

Analogous

  1. #dc8861
  2. #dcc561
  3. #b6dc61

Triadic

  1. #dcc561
  2. #61dcc5
  3. #c561dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcc561
  2. #78dc61
  3. #6178dc
  4. #c561dc

Square

  1. #dcc561
  2. #61dc88
  3. #6178dc
  4. #dc61b6

Monochromatic

  1. #86731e
  2. #c5a82c
  3. #dcc561
  4. #eadca0
  5. #f8f3de

Shades

#dcc561 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcc561
  2. #c6b157
  3. #b09e4e
  4. #9a8a44
  5. #84763a
  6. #6e6331
  7. #584f27
  8. #423b1d
  9. #2c2713
  10. #16140a
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcc561 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcc561
  2. #e0cb71
  3. #e3d181
  4. #e7d690
  5. #eadca0
  6. #eee2b0
  7. #f1e8c0
  8. #f5eed0
  9. #f8f3df
  10. #fcf9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcc561 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcc561
  2. #d3be64
  3. #cab767
  4. #c0b06a
  5. #b7a96d
  6. #aea371
  7. #a59c74
  8. #9c9577
  9. #928e7a
  10. #89877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc5a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6c157 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc965 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebb8ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8c35b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc764 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5be96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcc561 {
  color: #dcc561;
}
Background
.bg-dcc561 {
  background-color: #dcc561;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcc561 {
  border: 2px solid #dcc561;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcc561;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 197 97;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 64% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcc561 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcc561, #b6dc61);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcc561 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 197 97 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.97 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.17 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.47 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.70 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.74 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.14 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.28 #233a9e Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcc561  rgb(220, 197, 97)  hsl(49, 64%, 62%)  Old Gold
#6178dc  rgb(97, 120, 220)  hsl(229, 64%, 62%)  Glaucous
#61dcc5  rgb(97, 220, 197)  hsl(169, 64%, 62%)  Turquoise
#c561dc  rgb(197, 97, 220)  hsl(289, 64%, 62%)  Medium Orchid