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#DEC22D

#dec22d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec22d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 76.08% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.61% magenta, 79.73% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 50.51°, with 72.84% saturation and 52.35% 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 11.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.14.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.543

Complementary

  1. #dec22d
  2. #2d49de

Split complementary

  1. #dec22d
  2. #2da1de
  3. #692dde

Analogous

  1. #de692d
  2. #dec22d
  3. #a1de2d

Triadic

  1. #dec22d
  2. #2ddec2
  3. #c22dde

Tetradic

  1. #dec22d
  2. #49de2d
  3. #2d49de
  4. #c22dde

Square

  1. #dec22d
  2. #2dde69
  3. #2d49de
  4. #de2da1

Monochromatic

  1. #63550f
  2. #a58f1a
  3. #dec22d
  4. #e8d56f
  5. #f3e8b1

Shades

#dec22d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec22d
  2. #c8af29
  3. #b29b24
  4. #9b8820
  5. #85741b
  6. #6f6117
  7. #594e12
  8. #433a0e
  9. #2c2709
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec22d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec22d
  2. #e1c842
  3. #e5ce57
  4. #e8d46c
  5. #ebda81
  6. #efe196
  7. #f2e7ab
  8. #f5edc0
  9. #f8f3d5
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec22d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec22d
  2. #d5bb35
  3. #cbb53e
  4. #c2ae46
  5. #b8a84e
  6. #afa157
  7. #a69a5f
  8. #9c9467
  9. #938d6f
  10. #898778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec29d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6bd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc738 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b3a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bf19 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec534 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b987 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec22d {
  color: #dec22d;
}
Background
.bg-dec22d {
  background-color: #dec22d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec22d {
  border: 2px solid #dec22d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec22d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 194 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 73% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec22d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec22d, #a1de2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec22d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 194 45 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.14 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.39 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.54 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.93 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.05 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.44 #213dd2 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec22d  rgb(222, 194, 45)  hsl(51, 73%, 52%)  Old Gold
#2d49de  rgb(45, 73, 222)  hsl(231, 73%, 52%)  Iris
#2ddec2  rgb(45, 222, 194)  hsl(171, 73%, 52%)  Turquoise
#c22dde  rgb(194, 45, 222)  hsl(291, 73%, 52%)  Electric Purple