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#DDBB20

#ddbb20 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddbb20 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 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.38% magenta, 85.52% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 49.21°, with 74.7% saturation and 49.61% 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 3.73.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5102

Complementary

  1. #ddbb20
  2. #2042dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddbb20
  2. #20a0dd
  3. #5d20dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5d20
  2. #ddbb20
  3. #a0dd20

Triadic

  1. #ddbb20
  2. #20ddbb
  3. #bb20dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddbb20
  2. #42dd20
  3. #2042dd
  4. #bb20dd

Square

  1. #ddbb20
  2. #20dd5d
  3. #2042dd
  4. #dd20a0

Monochromatic

  1. #574a0d
  2. #9a8216
  3. #ddbb20
  4. #e8d061
  5. #f2e4a4

Shades

#ddbb20 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddbb20
  2. #c7a81d
  3. #b1961a
  4. #9b8316
  5. #857013
  6. #6f5e10
  7. #584b0d
  8. #42380a
  9. #2c2506
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddbb20 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddbb20
  2. #e0c236
  3. #e4c94d
  4. #e7cf63
  5. #ebd679
  6. #eedd90
  7. #f1e4a6
  8. #f5ebbc
  9. #f8f1d2
  10. #fcf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddbb20 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddbb20
  2. #d4b52a
  3. #caaf33
  4. #c1a93d
  5. #b8a346
  6. #af9e50
  7. #a5985a
  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 #cbbc98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c22e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efaba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dabf29 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8b280 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddbb20 {
  color: #ddbb20;
}
Background
.bg-ddbb20 {
  background-color: #ddbb20;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddbb20 {
  border: 2px solid #ddbb20;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddbb20;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 187 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 75% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddbb20 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddbb20, #a0dd20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddbb20 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 187 32 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.73 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.47 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.63 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.64 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.26 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.45 #2244df Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ddbb20  rgb(221, 187, 32)  hsl(49, 75%, 50%)  Old Gold
#2042dd  rgb(32, 66, 221)  hsl(229, 75%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#20ddbb  rgb(32, 221, 187)  hsl(169, 75%, 50%)  Turquoise
#bb20dd  rgb(187, 32, 221)  hsl(289, 75%, 50%)  Electric Purple