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#DEC040

#dec040 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec040 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 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.51% magenta, 71.17% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 48.61°, with 70.54% saturation and 56.08% 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 3.24.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.536

Complementary

  1. #dec040
  2. #405ede

Split complementary

  1. #dec040
  2. #40adde
  3. #7140de

Analogous

  1. #de7140
  2. #dec040
  3. #adde40

Triadic

  1. #dec040
  2. #40dec0
  3. #c040de

Tetradic

  1. #dec040
  2. #5ede40
  3. #405ede
  4. #c040de

Square

  1. #dec040
  2. #40de71
  3. #405ede
  4. #de40ad

Monochromatic

  1. #716014
  2. #b3971f
  3. #dec040
  4. #e9d681
  5. #f5ebc2

Shades

#dec040 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec040
  2. #c8ad3a
  3. #b29a33
  4. #9b862d
  5. #857326
  6. #6f6020
  7. #594d1a
  8. #433a13
  9. #2c260d
  10. #161306
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec040 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec040
  2. #e1c653
  3. #e5cd66
  4. #e8d379
  5. #ebd98c
  6. #efe0a0
  7. #f2e6b3
  8. #f5ecc6
  9. #f8f2d9
  10. #fcf9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec040 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec040
  2. #d5ba46
  3. #cbb34d
  4. #c2ad53
  5. #b8a65a
  6. #afa060
  7. #a69a66
  8. #9c936d
  9. #938d73
  10. #89867a
  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 #d4bc2d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc547 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b1a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8be35 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc345 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b789 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec040 {
  color: #dec040;
}
Background
.bg-dec040 {
  background-color: #dec040;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec040 {
  border: 2px solid #dec040;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec040;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 192 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 71% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec040 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec040, #adde40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec040 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 192 64 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.73 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.80 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.05 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.22 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.04 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.32 #213fbf Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec040  rgb(222, 192, 64)  hsl(49, 71%, 56%)  Old Gold
#405ede  rgb(64, 94, 222)  hsl(229, 71%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#40dec0  rgb(64, 222, 192)  hsl(169, 71%, 56%)  Turquoise
#c040de  rgb(192, 64, 222)  hsl(289, 71%, 56%)  Medium Orchid