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#DEC036

#dec036 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec036 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 75.29% green and 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.51% magenta, 75.68% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 49.29°, with 71.79% saturation and 54.12% 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 11.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.47.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.535

Complementary

  1. #dec036
  2. #3654de

Split complementary

  1. #dec036
  2. #36a8de
  3. #6c36de

Analogous

  1. #de6c36
  2. #dec036
  3. #a8de36

Triadic

  1. #dec036
  2. #36dec0
  3. #c036de

Tetradic

  1. #dec036
  2. #54de36
  3. #3654de
  4. #c036de

Square

  1. #dec036
  2. #36de6c
  3. #3654de
  4. #de36a8

Monochromatic

  1. #6a5a11
  2. #ab921c
  3. #dec036
  4. #e9d578
  5. #f4e9b9

Shades

#dec036 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec036
  2. #c8ad31
  3. #b29a2b
  4. #9b8626
  5. #857320
  6. #6f601b
  7. #594d16
  8. #433a10
  9. #2c260b
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec036 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec036
  2. #e1c64a
  3. #e5cd5e
  4. #e8d372
  5. #ebd986
  6. #efe09b
  7. #f2e6af
  8. #f5ecc3
  9. #f8f2d7
  10. #fcf9eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec036 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec036
  2. #d5ba3d
  3. #cbb345
  4. #c2ad4c
  5. #b8a654
  6. #afa05b
  7. #a69a62
  8. #9c936a
  9. #938d71
  10. #898679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdc19d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bc1a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc53f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b1a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8be28 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc33c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b787 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec036 {
  color: #dec036;
}
Background
.bg-dec036 {
  background-color: #dec036;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec036 {
  border: 2px solid #dec036;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec036;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 192 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 72% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec036 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec036, #a8de36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec036 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 192 54 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.47 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.96 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.00 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.08 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.44 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.49 #213fc9 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec036  rgb(222, 192, 54)  hsl(49, 72%, 54%)  Old Gold
#3654de  rgb(54, 84, 222)  hsl(229, 72%, 54%)  Iris
#36dec0  rgb(54, 222, 192)  hsl(169, 72%, 54%)  Turquoise
#c036de  rgb(192, 54, 222)  hsl(289, 72%, 54%)  Medium Orchid