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#DFBC33

#dfbc33 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbc33 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 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.7% magenta, 77.13% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 47.79°, with 72.88% saturation and 53.73% 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 11.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.46.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5189

Complementary

  1. #dfbc33
  2. #3356df

Split complementary

  1. #dfbc33
  2. #33acdf
  3. #6633df

Analogous

  1. #df6633
  2. #dfbc33
  3. #acdf33

Triadic

  1. #dfbc33
  2. #33dfbc
  3. #bc33df

Tetradic

  1. #dfbc33
  2. #56df33
  3. #3356df
  4. #bc33df

Square

  1. #dfbc33
  2. #33df66
  3. #3356df
  4. #df33ac

Monochromatic

  1. #695710
  2. #ab8d1b
  3. #dfbc33
  4. #e9d275
  5. #f4e7b7

Shades

#dfbc33 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbc33
  2. #c9a92e
  3. #b29629
  4. #9c8424
  5. #86711f
  6. #705e1a
  7. #594b14
  8. #43380f
  9. #2d260a
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbc33 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbc33
  2. #e2c347
  3. #e5c95c
  4. #e9d070
  5. #ecd785
  6. #efde99
  7. #f2e4ad
  8. #f5ebc2
  9. #f9f2d6
  10. #fcf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbc33 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbc33
  2. #d6b63b
  3. #ccb042
  4. #c3aa4a
  5. #b9a452
  6. #b09e5a
  7. #a69861
  8. #9d9269
  9. #938c71
  10. #8a8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbe9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b916 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c33c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1aca2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7ba24 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc038 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab384 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbc33 {
  color: #dfbc33;
}
Background
.bg-dfbc33 {
  background-color: #dfbc33;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbc33 {
  border: 2px solid #dfbc33;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbc33;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 188 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 73% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbc33 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbc33, #acdf33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbc33 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 188 51 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.79 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.17 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.77 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.06 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.40 #2043cc Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dfbc33  rgb(223, 188, 51)  hsl(48, 73%, 54%)  Old Gold
#3356df  rgb(51, 86, 223)  hsl(228, 73%, 54%)  Iris
#33dfbc  rgb(51, 223, 188)  hsl(168, 73%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc33df  rgb(188, 51, 223)  hsl(288, 73%, 54%)  Electric Purple