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#DEC126

#dec126 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec126 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 75.69% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.06% magenta, 82.88% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 50.54°, with 73.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 11.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.22.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5381

Complementary

  1. #dec126
  2. #2643de

Split complementary

  1. #dec126
  2. #269fde
  3. #6526de

Analogous

  1. #de6526
  2. #dec126
  3. #9fde26

Triadic

  1. #dec126
  2. #26dec1
  3. #c126de

Tetradic

  1. #dec126
  2. #43de26
  3. #2643de
  4. #c126de

Square

  1. #dec126
  2. #26de65
  3. #2643de
  4. #de269f

Monochromatic

  1. #5d500e
  2. #9f8a18
  3. #dec126
  4. #e8d468
  5. #f2e7ab

Shades

#dec126 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec126
  2. #c8ae22
  3. #b29a1e
  4. #9b871b
  5. #857417
  6. #6f6113
  7. #594d0f
  8. #433a0b
  9. #2c2708
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec126 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec126
  2. #e1c73c
  3. #e5cd51
  4. #e8d467
  5. #ebda7d
  6. #efe093
  7. #f2e6a8
  8. #f5ecbe
  9. #f8f3d4
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec126 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec126
  2. #d5bb2f
  3. #cbb438
  4. #c2ae41
  5. #b8a74a
  6. #afa153
  7. #a69a5c
  8. #9c9465
  9. #938d6e
  10. #898777
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec19c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc633 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b1a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9be0a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc42e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b885 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec126 {
  color: #dec126;
}
Background
.bg-dec126 {
  background-color: #dec126;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec126 {
  border: 2px solid #dec126;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec126;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 193 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 74% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec126 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec126, #9fde26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec126 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 193 38 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.22 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.36 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.49 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.25 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.84 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.93 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.42 #213ed9 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec126  rgb(222, 193, 38)  hsl(51, 74%, 51%)  Old Gold
#2643de  rgb(38, 67, 222)  hsl(231, 74%, 51%)  Persian Blue
#26dec1  rgb(38, 222, 193)  hsl(171, 74%, 51%)  Turquoise
#c126de  rgb(193, 38, 222)  hsl(291, 74%, 51%)  Electric Purple