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#DEC16B

#dec16b ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dec16b is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 75.69% green and 41.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.06% magenta, 51.8% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 44.87°, with 63.54% saturation and 64.51% 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 11.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 5.46.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5473

Complementary

  1. #dec16b
  2. #6b88de

Split complementary

  1. #dec16b
  2. #6bc2de
  3. #876bde

Analogous

  1. #de876b
  2. #dec16b
  3. #c2de6b

Triadic

  1. #dec16b
  2. #6bdec1
  3. #c16bde

Tetradic

  1. #dec16b
  2. #88de6b
  3. #6b88de
  4. #c16bde

Square

  1. #dec16b
  2. #6bde87
  3. #6b88de
  4. #de6bc2

Monochromatic

  1. #907420
  2. #cea62e
  3. #dec16b
  4. #ecdbaa
  5. #faf5e8

Shades

#dec16b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec16b
  2. #c8ae60
  3. #b29a56
  4. #9b874b
  5. #857440
  6. #6f6136
  7. #594d2b
  8. #433a20
  9. #2c2715
  10. #16130b
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec16b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec16b
  2. #e1c77a
  3. #e5cd89
  4. #e8d497
  5. #ebdaa6
  6. #efe0b5
  7. #f2e6c4
  8. #f5ecd3
  9. #f8f3e1
  10. #fcf9f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec16b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec16b
  2. #d5bb6d
  3. #cbb46f
  4. #c2ae71
  5. #b8a773
  6. #afa176
  7. #a69a78
  8. #9c947a
  9. #938d7c
  10. #89877e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec2a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2be64 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c76e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edb5ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bf67 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc56d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7ba97 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec16b {
  color: #dec16b;
}
Background
.bg-dec16b {
  background-color: #dec16b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec16b {
  border: 2px solid #dec16b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec16b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 193 107;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 64% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec16b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec16b, #c2de6b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec16b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 193 107 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.46 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.04 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.50 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.64 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.82 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.90 #213e94 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#dec16b  rgb(222, 193, 107)  hsl(45, 64%, 65%)  Vegas Gold
#6b88de  rgb(107, 136, 222)  hsl(225, 64%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#6bdec1  rgb(107, 222, 193)  hsl(165, 64%, 65%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c16bde  rgb(193, 107, 222)  hsl(285, 64%, 65%)  Floral Lavender