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#DEC44A

#dec44a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec44a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 76.86% green and 29.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.71% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 49.46°, with 69.16% saturation and 58.04% 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 12.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.88.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.555

Complementary

  1. #dec44a
  2. #4a64de

Split complementary

  1. #dec44a
  2. #4aaede
  3. #7a4ade

Analogous

  1. #de7a4a
  2. #dec44a
  3. #aede4a

Triadic

  1. #dec44a
  2. #4adec4
  3. #c44ade

Tetradic

  1. #dec44a
  2. #64de4a
  3. #4a64de
  4. #c44ade

Square

  1. #dec44a
  2. #4ade7a
  3. #4a64de
  4. #de4aae

Monochromatic

  1. #796816
  2. #ba9f22
  3. #dec44a
  4. #ead98b
  5. #f6eecb

Shades

#dec44a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec44a
  2. #c8b043
  3. #b29d3b
  4. #9b8934
  5. #85762c
  6. #6f6225
  7. #594e1e
  8. #433b16
  9. #2c270f
  10. #161407
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec44a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec44a
  2. #e1ca5c
  3. #e5d06e
  4. #e8d680
  5. #ebdc92
  6. #efe2a5
  7. #f2e7b7
  8. #f5edc9
  9. #f8f3db
  10. #fcf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec44a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec44a
  2. #d5bd4f
  3. #cbb655
  4. #c2b05a
  5. #b8a960
  6. #afa265
  7. #a69b6a
  8. #9c9470
  9. #938e75
  10. #89877b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc4a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7c03a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec851 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efb6ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac141 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec74e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8bc8e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec44a {
  color: #dec44a;
}
Background
.bg-dec44a {
  background-color: #dec44a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec44a {
  border: 2px solid #dec44a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec44a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 196 74;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 69% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec44a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec44a, #aede4a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec44a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 196 74 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.88 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.64 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.68 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.91 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.00 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.04 #213bb5 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec44a  rgb(222, 196, 74)  hsl(49, 69%, 58%)  Old Gold
#4a64de  rgb(74, 100, 222)  hsl(229, 69%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#4adec4  rgb(74, 222, 196)  hsl(169, 69%, 58%)  Turquoise
#c44ade  rgb(196, 74, 222)  hsl(289, 69%, 58%)  Medium Orchid