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#DDBB1F

#ddbb1f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddbb1f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 73.33% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.38% magenta, 85.97% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 49.26°, with 75.4% 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 11.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.76.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5101

Complementary

  1. #ddbb1f
  2. #1f41dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddbb1f
  2. #1fa0dd
  3. #5c1fdd

Analogous

  1. #dd5c1f
  2. #ddbb1f
  3. #a0dd1f

Triadic

  1. #ddbb1f
  2. #1fddbb
  3. #bb1fdd

Tetradic

  1. #ddbb1f
  2. #41dd1f
  3. #1f41dd
  4. #bb1fdd

Square

  1. #ddbb1f
  2. #1fdd5c
  3. #1f41dd
  4. #dd1fa0

Monochromatic

  1. #57490c
  2. #9a8216
  3. #ddbb1f
  4. #e9d060
  5. #f2e4a3

Shades

#ddbb1f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddbb1f
  2. #c7a81c
  3. #b19619
  4. #9b8316
  5. #857013
  6. #6f5e10
  7. #584b0c
  8. #423809
  9. #2c2506
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddbb1f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddbb1f
  2. #e0c235
  3. #e4c94c
  4. #e7cf62
  5. #ebd679
  6. #eedd8f
  7. #f1e4a5
  8. #f5ebbc
  9. #f8f1d2
  10. #fcf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddbb1f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddbb1f
  2. #d4b529
  3. #caaf32
  4. #c1a93c
  5. #b8a346
  6. #af9e50
  7. #a59859
  8. #9c9263
  9. #938c6d
  10. #898676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbc97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c22d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efaba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dabf28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8b280 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddbb1f {
  color: #ddbb1f;
}
Background
.bg-ddbb1f {
  background-color: #ddbb1f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddbb1f {
  border: 2px solid #ddbb1f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddbb1f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 187 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddbb1f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddbb1f, #a0dd1f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddbb1f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 187 31 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.76 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.35 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.50 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.62 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.65 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.24 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.46 #2244e0 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ddbb1f  rgb(221, 187, 31)  hsl(49, 75%, 49%)  Old Gold
#1f41dd  rgb(31, 65, 221)  hsl(229, 75%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#1fddbb  rgb(31, 221, 187)  hsl(169, 75%, 49%)  Turquoise
#bb1fdd  rgb(187, 31, 221)  hsl(289, 75%, 49%)  Electric Purple