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#DEC12E

#dec12e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec12e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.06% magenta, 79.28% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 50.11°, with 72.73% saturation and 52.55% 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 11.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.92.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5387

Complementary

  1. #dec12e
  2. #2e4bde

Split complementary

  1. #dec12e
  2. #2ea3de
  3. #692ede

Analogous

  1. #de692e
  2. #dec12e
  3. #a3de2e

Triadic

  1. #dec12e
  2. #2edec1
  3. #c12ede

Tetradic

  1. #dec12e
  2. #4bde2e
  3. #2e4bde
  4. #c12ede

Square

  1. #dec12e
  2. #2ede69
  3. #2e4bde
  4. #de2ea3

Monochromatic

  1. #635610
  2. #a58e1a
  3. #dec12e
  4. #e8d570
  5. #f3e8b2

Shades

#dec12e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec12e
  2. #c8ae29
  3. #b29a25
  4. #9b8720
  5. #85741c
  6. #6f6117
  7. #594d12
  8. #433a0e
  9. #2c2709
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec12e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec12e
  2. #e1c743
  3. #e5cd58
  4. #e8d46d
  5. #ebda82
  6. #efe097
  7. #f2e6ab
  8. #f5ecc0
  9. #f8f3d5
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec12e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec12e
  2. #d5bb36
  3. #cbb43e
  4. #c2ae47
  5. #b8a74f
  6. #afa157
  7. #a69a5f
  8. #9c9467
  9. #938d70
  10. #898778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec29c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bc01 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc639 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b2a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9be1b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc435 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b886 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec12e {
  color: #dec12e;
}
Background
.bg-dec12e {
  background-color: #dec12e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec12e {
  border: 2px solid #dec12e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec12e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 193 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 73% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec12e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec12e, #a3de2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec12e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 193 46 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.92 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.51 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.18 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.58 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.68 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.53 #213ed1 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec12e  rgb(222, 193, 46)  hsl(50, 73%, 53%)  Old Gold
#2e4bde  rgb(46, 75, 222)  hsl(230, 73%, 53%)  Iris
#2edec1  rgb(46, 222, 193)  hsl(170, 73%, 53%)  Turquoise
#c12ede  rgb(193, 46, 222)  hsl(290, 73%, 53%)  Electric Purple