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#DEC455

#dec455 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec455 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 33.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.71% magenta, 61.71% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 48.61°, with 67.49% saturation and 60.2% 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 12.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.12.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5567

Complementary

  1. #dec455
  2. #556fde

Split complementary

  1. #dec455
  2. #55b4de
  3. #8055de

Analogous

  1. #de8055
  2. #dec455
  3. #b4de55

Triadic

  1. #dec455
  2. #55dec4
  3. #c455de

Tetradic

  1. #dec455
  2. #6fde55
  3. #556fde
  4. #c455de

Square

  1. #dec455
  2. #55de80
  3. #556fde
  4. #de55b4

Monochromatic

  1. #816d19
  2. #c1a425
  3. #dec455
  4. #eada95
  5. #f7f0d5

Shades

#dec455 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec455
  2. #c8b04d
  3. #b29d44
  4. #9b893c
  5. #857633
  6. #6f622b
  7. #594e22
  8. #433b1a
  9. #2c2711
  10. #161409
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec455 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec455
  2. #e1ca66
  3. #e5d077
  4. #e8d688
  5. #ebdc99
  6. #efe2aa
  7. #f2e7bb
  8. #f5edcc
  9. #f8f3dd
  10. #fcf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec455 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec455
  2. #d5bd59
  3. #cbb65e
  4. #c2b062
  5. #b8a966
  6. #afa26b
  7. #a69b6f
  8. #9c9473
  9. #938e77
  10. #89877c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc4a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6c049 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc85a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeb6ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9c24e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc758 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8bc91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec455 {
  color: #dec455;
}
Background
.bg-dec455 {
  background-color: #dec455;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec455 {
  border: 2px solid #dec455;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec455;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 196 85;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 67% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec455 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec455, #b4de55);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec455 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 196 85 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.12 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.73 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.94 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.03 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.12 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.41 #213baa Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec455  rgb(222, 196, 85)  hsl(49, 67%, 60%)  Old Gold
#556fde  rgb(85, 111, 222)  hsl(229, 67%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#55dec4  rgb(85, 222, 196)  hsl(169, 67%, 60%)  Turquoise
#c455de  rgb(196, 85, 222)  hsl(289, 67%, 60%)  Medium Orchid