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#DEC331

#dec331 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 76.47% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 77.93% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 50.64°, with 72.38% saturation and 53.14% 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 11.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.2.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5478

Complementary

  1. #dec331
  2. #314cde

Split complementary

  1. #dec331
  2. #31a2de
  3. #6d31de

Analogous

  1. #de6d31
  2. #dec331
  3. #a2de31

Triadic

  1. #dec331
  2. #31dec3
  3. #c331de

Tetradic

  1. #dec331
  2. #4cde31
  3. #314cde
  4. #c331de

Square

  1. #dec331
  2. #31de6d
  3. #314cde
  4. #de31a2

Monochromatic

  1. #665810
  2. #a8921b
  3. #dec331
  4. #e9d673
  5. #f3e9b5

Shades

#dec331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec331
  2. #c8b02c
  3. #b29c27
  4. #9b8922
  5. #85751d
  6. #6f6219
  7. #594e14
  8. #433b0f
  9. #2c270a
  10. #161405
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec331
  2. #e1c946
  3. #e5cf5a
  4. #e8d56f
  5. #ebdb83
  6. #efe198
  7. #f2e7ad
  8. #f5edc1
  9. #f8f3d6
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec331
  2. #d5bc39
  3. #cbb641
  4. #c2af49
  5. #b8a851
  6. #afa259
  7. #a69b60
  8. #9c9468
  9. #938d70
  10. #898778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc39e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7be0b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec73c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b4a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac020 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec638 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9ba88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec331 {
  color: #dec331;
}
Background
.bg-dec331 {
  background-color: #dec331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec331 {
  border: 2px solid #dec331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 195 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 72% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec331, #a2de31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 195 49 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.20 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.25 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.70 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.13 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.23 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.26 #213cce Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec331  rgb(222, 195, 49)  hsl(51, 72%, 53%)  Old Gold
#314cde  rgb(49, 76, 222)  hsl(231, 72%, 53%)  Iris
#31dec3  rgb(49, 222, 195)  hsl(171, 72%, 53%)  Turquoise
#c331de  rgb(195, 49, 222)  hsl(291, 72%, 53%)  Electric Purple