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#DEC151

#dec151 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec151 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 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.06% magenta, 63.51% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 47.66°, with 68.12% saturation and 59.41% 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 11.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.59.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5426

Complementary

  1. #dec151
  2. #516ede

Split complementary

  1. #dec151
  2. #51b4de
  3. #7a51de

Analogous

  1. #de7a51
  2. #dec151
  3. #b4de51

Triadic

  1. #dec151
  2. #51dec1
  3. #c151de

Tetradic

  1. #dec151
  2. #6ede51
  3. #516ede
  4. #c151de

Square

  1. #dec151
  2. #51de7a
  3. #516ede
  4. #de51b4

Monochromatic

  1. #7e6918
  2. #be9f24
  3. #dec151
  4. #ead891
  5. #f6efd2

Shades

#dec151 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec151
  2. #c8ae49
  3. #b29a41
  4. #9b8739
  5. #857431
  6. #6f6129
  7. #594d20
  8. #433a18
  9. #2c2710
  10. #161308
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec151 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec151
  2. #e1c762
  3. #e5cd74
  4. #e8d485
  5. #ebda97
  6. #efe0a8
  7. #f2e6b9
  8. #f5eccb
  9. #f8f3dc
  10. #fcf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec151 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec151
  2. #d5bb56
  3. #cbb45a
  4. #c2ae5f
  5. #b8a764
  6. #afa169
  7. #a69a6d
  8. #9c9472
  9. #938d77
  10. #89877b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec2a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bd44 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc656 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efb3a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8bf4a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc454 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8b98e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec151 {
  color: #dec151;
}
Background
.bg-dec151 {
  background-color: #dec151;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec151 {
  border: 2px solid #dec151;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec151;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 193 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 68% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec151 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec151, #b4de51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec151 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 193 81 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.97 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.01 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.67 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.77 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.17 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.40 #213eae Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec151  rgb(222, 193, 81)  hsl(48, 68%, 59%)  Old Gold
#516ede  rgb(81, 110, 222)  hsl(228, 68%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#51dec1  rgb(81, 222, 193)  hsl(168, 68%, 59%)  Turquoise
#c151de  rgb(193, 81, 222)  hsl(288, 68%, 59%)  Medium Orchid