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#DEC656

#dec656 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec656 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 77.65% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.81% magenta, 61.26% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 49.41°, with 67.33% saturation and 60.39% 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 12.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.52.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5659

Complementary

  1. #dec656
  2. #566ede

Split complementary

  1. #dec656
  2. #56b2de
  3. #8256de

Analogous

  1. #de8256
  2. #dec656
  3. #b2de56

Triadic

  1. #dec656
  2. #56dec6
  3. #c656de

Tetradic

  1. #dec656
  2. #6ede56
  3. #566ede
  4. #c656de

Square

  1. #dec656
  2. #56de82
  3. #566ede
  4. #de56b2

Monochromatic

  1. #826f19
  2. #c2a626
  3. #dec656
  4. #eadc96
  5. #f7f1d6

Shades

#dec656 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec656
  2. #c8b24d
  3. #b29e45
  4. #9b8b3c
  5. #857734
  6. #6f632b
  7. #594f22
  8. #433b1a
  9. #2c2811
  10. #161409
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec656 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec656
  2. #e1cc67
  3. #e5d178
  4. #e8d789
  5. #ebdd9a
  6. #efe3ab
  7. #f2e8bb
  8. #f5eecc
  9. #f8f4dd
  10. #fcf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec656 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec656
  2. #d5bf5a
  3. #cbb85e
  4. #c2b163
  5. #b8aa67
  6. #afa36b
  7. #a69c6f
  8. #9c9573
  9. #938e78
  10. #89877c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c6a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8c24a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #deca5b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeb8ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac34f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec859 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8be93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec656 {
  color: #dec656;
}
Background
.bg-dec656 {
  background-color: #dec656;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec656 {
  border: 2px solid #dec656;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec656;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 198 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 67% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec656 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec656, #b2de56);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec656 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 198 86 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.52 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.47 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.50 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.95 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.17 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.22 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.31 #2139a9 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec656  rgb(222, 198, 86)  hsl(49, 67%, 60%)  Old Gold
#566ede  rgb(86, 110, 222)  hsl(229, 67%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#56dec6  rgb(86, 222, 198)  hsl(169, 67%, 60%)  Turquoise
#c656de  rgb(198, 86, 222)  hsl(289, 67%, 60%)  Medium Orchid