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#DEBE31

#debe31 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#debe31 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 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.41% magenta, 77.93% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 48.9°, with 72.38% saturation and 53.14% 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 11.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.41.

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Relative luminance0.5258

Complementary

  1. #debe31
  2. #3151de

Split complementary

  1. #debe31
  2. #31a8de
  3. #6831de

Analogous

  1. #de6831
  2. #debe31
  3. #a8de31

Triadic

  1. #debe31
  2. #31debe
  3. #be31de

Tetradic

  1. #debe31
  2. #51de31
  3. #3151de
  4. #be31de

Square

  1. #debe31
  2. #31de68
  3. #3151de
  4. #de31a8

Monochromatic

  1. #665610
  2. #a88e1b
  3. #debe31
  4. #e9d373
  5. #f3e8b5

Shades

#debe31 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #debe31
  2. #c8ab2c
  3. #b29827
  4. #9b8522
  5. #85721d
  6. #6f5f19
  7. #594c14
  8. #43390f
  9. #2c260a
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#debe31 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #debe31
  2. #e1c546
  3. #e5cb5a
  4. #e8d26f
  5. #ebd883
  6. #efdf98
  7. #f2e5ad
  8. #f5ecc1
  9. #f8f2d6
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#debe31 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #debe31
  2. #d5b839
  3. #cbb241
  4. #c2ab49
  5. #b8a551
  6. #af9f59
  7. #a69960
  8. #9c9368
  9. #938c70
  10. #898678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdbf9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac43b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0afa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bc21 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc237 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b585 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-debe31 {
  color: #debe31;
}
Background
.bg-debe31 {
  background-color: #debe31;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-debe31 {
  border: 2px solid #debe31;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #debe31;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 190 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 72% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-debe31 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #debe31, #a8de31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-debe31 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 190 49 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.52 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.57 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.64 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.64 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.87 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.33 #2141ce Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#debe31  rgb(222, 190, 49)  hsl(49, 72%, 53%)  Old Gold
#3151de  rgb(49, 81, 222)  hsl(229, 72%, 53%)  Iris
#31debe  rgb(49, 222, 190)  hsl(169, 72%, 53%)  Turquoise
#be31de  rgb(190, 49, 222)  hsl(289, 72%, 53%)  Electric Purple