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#DEC03E

#dec03e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec03e 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 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.51% magenta, 72.07% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 48.75°, with 70.8% saturation and 55.69% 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 11.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.27.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5358

Complementary

  1. #dec03e
  2. #3e5cde

Split complementary

  1. #dec03e
  2. #3eacde
  3. #703ede

Analogous

  1. #de703e
  2. #dec03e
  3. #acde3e

Triadic

  1. #dec03e
  2. #3edec0
  3. #c03ede

Tetradic

  1. #dec03e
  2. #5cde3e
  3. #3e5cde
  4. #c03ede

Square

  1. #dec03e
  2. #3ede70
  3. #3e5cde
  4. #de3eac

Monochromatic

  1. #705e13
  2. #b1961e
  3. #dec03e
  4. #e9d57f
  5. #f4ebc1

Shades

#dec03e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec03e
  2. #c8ad38
  3. #b29a32
  4. #9b862b
  5. #857325
  6. #6f601f
  7. #594d19
  8. #433a13
  9. #2c260c
  10. #161306
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec03e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec03e
  2. #e1c651
  3. #e5cd65
  4. #e8d378
  5. #ebd98b
  6. #efe09f
  7. #f2e6b2
  8. #f5ecc5
  9. #f8f2d8
  10. #fcf9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec03e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec03e
  2. #d5ba45
  3. #cbb34b
  4. #c2ad52
  5. #b8a658
  6. #afa05f
  7. #a69a66
  8. #9c936c
  9. #938d73
  10. #898679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdc19e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bc29 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc546 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b1a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8be33 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc343 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b789 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec03e {
  color: #dec03e;
}
Background
.bg-dec03e {
  background-color: #dec03e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec03e {
  border: 2px solid #dec03e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec03e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 192 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 71% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec03e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec03e, #acde3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec03e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 192 62 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.77 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.85 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.02 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.11 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.91 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.35 #213fc1 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec03e  rgb(222, 192, 62)  hsl(49, 71%, 56%)  Old Gold
#3e5cde  rgb(62, 92, 222)  hsl(229, 71%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#3edec0  rgb(62, 222, 192)  hsl(169, 71%, 56%)  Turquoise
#c03ede  rgb(192, 62, 222)  hsl(289, 71%, 56%)  Medium Orchid