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#DEC44F

#dec44f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec44f 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 30.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.71% magenta, 64.41% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 49.09°, with 68.42% saturation and 59.02% 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 12.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.94.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5557

Complementary

  1. #dec44f
  2. #4f69de

Split complementary

  1. #dec44f
  2. #4fb1de
  3. #7c4fde

Analogous

  1. #de7c4f
  2. #dec44f
  3. #b1de4f

Triadic

  1. #dec44f
  2. #4fdec4
  3. #c44fde

Tetradic

  1. #dec44f
  2. #69de4f
  3. #4f69de
  4. #c44fde

Square

  1. #dec44f
  2. #4fde7c
  3. #4f69de
  4. #de4fb1

Monochromatic

  1. #7d6a17
  2. #bda123
  3. #dec44f
  4. #eada8f
  5. #f6efd0

Shades

#dec44f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec44f
  2. #c8b047
  3. #b29d3f
  4. #9b8937
  5. #85762f
  6. #6f6228
  7. #594e20
  8. #433b18
  9. #2c2710
  10. #161408
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec44f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec44f
  2. #e1ca61
  3. #e5d072
  4. #e8d684
  5. #ebdc95
  6. #efe2a7
  7. #f2e7b9
  8. #f5edca
  9. #f8f3dc
  10. #fcf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec44f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec44f
  2. #d5bd54
  3. #cbb659
  4. #c2b05e
  5. #b8a963
  6. #afa268
  7. #a69b6c
  8. #9c9471
  9. #938e76
  10. #89877b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc4a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7c041 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc855 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efb6ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac147 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec753 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8bc8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec44f {
  color: #dec44f;
}
Background
.bg-dec44f {
  background-color: #dec44f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec44f {
  border: 2px solid #dec44f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec44f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 196 79;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 68% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec44f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec44f, #b1de4f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec44f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 196 79 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.94 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.89 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.01 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.05 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.15 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.16 #213bb0 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec44f  rgb(222, 196, 79)  hsl(49, 68%, 59%)  Old Gold
#4f69de  rgb(79, 105, 222)  hsl(229, 68%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#4fdec4  rgb(79, 222, 196)  hsl(169, 68%, 59%)  Turquoise
#c44fde  rgb(196, 79, 222)  hsl(289, 68%, 59%)  Medium Orchid