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#DEC55E

#dec55e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec55e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 77.25% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.26% magenta, 57.66% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 48.28°, with 65.98% saturation and 61.96% 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 12.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.77.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5627

Complementary

  1. #dec55e
  2. #5e77de

Split complementary

  1. #dec55e
  2. #5eb7de
  3. #855ede

Analogous

  1. #de855e
  2. #dec55e
  3. #b7de5e

Triadic

  1. #dec55e
  2. #5edec5
  3. #c55ede

Tetradic

  1. #dec55e
  2. #77de5e
  3. #5e77de
  4. #c55ede

Square

  1. #dec55e
  2. #5ede85
  3. #5e77de
  4. #de5eb7

Monochromatic

  1. #87721c
  2. #c7a829
  3. #dec55e
  4. #ebdc9d
  5. #f8f3dd

Shades

#dec55e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec55e
  2. #c8b155
  3. #b29e4b
  4. #9b8a42
  5. #857638
  6. #6f632f
  7. #594f26
  8. #433b1c
  9. #2c2713
  10. #161409
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec55e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec55e
  2. #e1cb6e
  3. #e5d17e
  4. #e8d68e
  5. #ebdc9e
  6. #efe2af
  7. #f2e8bf
  8. #f5eecf
  9. #f8f3df
  10. #fcf9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec55e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec55e
  2. #d5be61
  3. #cbb765
  4. #c2b068
  5. #b8a96c
  6. #afa36f
  7. #a69c72
  8. #9c9576
  9. #938e79
  10. #89877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c5a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7c154 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc963 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeb8ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac358 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc861 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8bd95 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec55e {
  color: #dec55e;
}
Background
.bg-dec55e {
  background-color: #dec55e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec55e {
  border: 2px solid #dec55e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec55e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 197 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 66% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec55e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec55e, #b7de5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec55e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 197 94 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.77 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.50 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.74 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.86 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.90 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.94 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.09 #213aa1 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec55e  rgb(222, 197, 94)  hsl(48, 66%, 62%)  Old Gold
#5e77de  rgb(94, 119, 222)  hsl(228, 66%, 62%)  Royal Blue
#5edec5  rgb(94, 222, 197)  hsl(168, 66%, 62%)  Turquoise
#c55ede  rgb(197, 94, 222)  hsl(288, 66%, 62%)  Medium Orchid