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#DEBE21

#debe21 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#debe21 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 74.51% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.41% magenta, 85.14% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 49.84°, with 74.12% saturation and 50% 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 11.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.01.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5247

Complementary

  1. #debe21
  2. #2141de

Split complementary

  1. #debe21
  2. #21a0de
  3. #5f21de

Analogous

  1. #de5f21
  2. #debe21
  3. #a0de21

Triadic

  1. #debe21
  2. #21debe
  3. #be21de

Tetradic

  1. #debe21
  2. #41de21
  3. #2141de
  4. #be21de

Square

  1. #debe21
  2. #21de5f
  3. #2141de
  4. #de21a0

Monochromatic

  1. #594c0d
  2. #9b8517
  3. #debe21
  4. #e8d164
  5. #f2e5a6

Shades

#debe21 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #debe21
  2. #c8ab1e
  3. #b2981a
  4. #9b8517
  5. #857214
  6. #6f5f11
  7. #594c0d
  8. #43390a
  9. #2c2607
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#debe21 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #debe21
  2. #e1c537
  3. #e5cb4d
  4. #e8d264
  5. #ebd87a
  6. #efdf90
  7. #f2e5a6
  8. #f5ecbc
  9. #f8f2d3
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#debe21 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #debe21
  2. #d5b82b
  3. #cbb234
  4. #c2ab3e
  5. #b8a547
  6. #af9f51
  7. #a6995a
  8. #9c9364
  9. #938c6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbf9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc42f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0aea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc22a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b582 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-debe21 {
  color: #debe21;
}
Background
.bg-debe21 {
  background-color: #debe21;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-debe21 {
  border: 2px solid #debe21;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #debe21;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 190 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 74% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-debe21 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #debe21, #a0de21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-debe21 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 190 33 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.01 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.28 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.76 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.08 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.14 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.37 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.37 #2141de Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#debe21  rgb(222, 190, 33)  hsl(50, 74%, 50%)  Old Gold
#2141de  rgb(33, 65, 222)  hsl(230, 74%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#21debe  rgb(33, 222, 190)  hsl(170, 74%, 50%)  Turquoise
#be21de  rgb(190, 33, 222)  hsl(290, 74%, 50%)  Electric Purple