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#DFBC2D

#dfbc2d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbc2d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 73.73% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.7% magenta, 79.82% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 48.2°, with 73.55% saturation and 52.55% 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 11.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.5184

Complementary

  1. #dfbc2d
  2. #2d50df

Split complementary

  1. #dfbc2d
  2. #2da9df
  3. #632ddf

Analogous

  1. #df632d
  2. #dfbc2d
  3. #a9df2d

Triadic

  1. #dfbc2d
  2. #2ddfbc
  3. #bc2ddf

Tetradic

  1. #dfbc2d
  2. #50df2d
  3. #2d50df
  4. #bc2ddf

Square

  1. #dfbc2d
  2. #2ddf63
  3. #2d50df
  4. #df2da9

Monochromatic

  1. #64530f
  2. #a68a19
  3. #dfbc2d
  4. #e9d16f
  5. #f3e6b2

Shades

#dfbc2d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbc2d
  2. #c9a929
  3. #b29624
  4. #9c8420
  5. #86711b
  6. #705e17
  7. #594b12
  8. #43380e
  9. #2d2609
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbc2d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbc2d
  2. #e2c342
  3. #e5c957
  4. #e9d06c
  5. #ecd781
  6. #efde96
  7. #f2e4ab
  8. #f5ebc0
  9. #f9f2d5
  10. #fcf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbc2d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbc2d
  2. #d6b635
  3. #ccb03e
  4. #c3aa46
  5. #b9a44e
  6. #b09e57
  7. #a6985f
  8. #9d9267
  9. #938c6f
  10. #8a8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbe9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b902 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac337 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1aca2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7ba1b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc033 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab383 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbc2d {
  color: #dfbc2d;
}
Background
.bg-dfbc2d {
  background-color: #dfbc2d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbc2d {
  border: 2px solid #dfbc2d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbc2d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 188 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 74% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbc2d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbc2d, #a9df2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbc2d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 188 45 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.63 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.83 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.01 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.16 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.55 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.03 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.31 #2043d2 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dfbc2d  rgb(223, 188, 45)  hsl(48, 74%, 53%)  Old Gold
#2d50df  rgb(45, 80, 223)  hsl(228, 74%, 53%)  Iris
#2ddfbc  rgb(45, 223, 188)  hsl(168, 74%, 53%)  Turquoise
#bc2ddf  rgb(188, 45, 223)  hsl(288, 74%, 53%)  Electric Purple