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#DFBE2D

#dfbe2d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbe2d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 74.51% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.8% magenta, 79.82% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 48.88°, 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 11.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.7.

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Relative luminance0.527

Complementary

  1. #dfbe2d
  2. #2d4edf

Split complementary

  1. #dfbe2d
  2. #2da7df
  3. #652ddf

Analogous

  1. #df652d
  2. #dfbe2d
  3. #a7df2d

Triadic

  1. #dfbe2d
  2. #2ddfbe
  3. #be2ddf

Tetradic

  1. #dfbe2d
  2. #4edf2d
  3. #2d4edf
  4. #be2ddf

Square

  1. #dfbe2d
  2. #2ddf65
  3. #2d4edf
  4. #df2da7

Monochromatic

  1. #64540f
  2. #a68c19
  3. #dfbe2d
  4. #e9d36f
  5. #f3e7b2

Shades

#dfbe2d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbe2d
  2. #c9ab29
  3. #b29824
  4. #9c8520
  5. #86721b
  6. #705f17
  7. #594c12
  8. #43390e
  9. #2d2609
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbe2d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbe2d
  2. #e2c542
  3. #e5cb57
  4. #e9d26c
  5. #ecd881
  6. #efdf96
  7. #f2e5ab
  8. #f5ecc0
  9. #f9f2d5
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbe2d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbe2d
  2. #d6b835
  3. #ccb23e
  4. #c3ab46
  5. #b9a54e
  6. #b09f57
  7. #a6995f
  8. #9d9367
  9. #938c6f
  10. #8a8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdbf9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc437 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1aea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8bc1a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc234 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab584 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbe2d {
  color: #dfbe2d;
}
Background
.bg-dfbe2d {
  background-color: #dfbe2d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbe2d {
  border: 2px solid #dfbe2d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbe2d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 190 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 74% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbe2d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbe2d, #a7df2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbe2d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 190 45 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.70 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.35 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.40 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.50 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.60 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.84 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.10 #2041d2 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dfbe2d  rgb(223, 190, 45)  hsl(49, 74%, 53%)  Old Gold
#2d4edf  rgb(45, 78, 223)  hsl(229, 74%, 53%)  Iris
#2ddfbe  rgb(45, 223, 190)  hsl(169, 74%, 53%)  Turquoise
#be2ddf  rgb(190, 45, 223)  hsl(289, 74%, 53%)  Electric Purple