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#DFBE4E

#dfbe4e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbe4e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.8% magenta, 65.02% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 46.34°, with 69.38% saturation and 59.02% 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 11.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.57.

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Relative luminance0.5306

Complementary

  1. #dfbe4e
  2. #4e6fdf

Split complementary

  1. #dfbe4e
  2. #4eb8df
  3. #754edf

Analogous

  1. #df754e
  2. #dfbe4e
  3. #b8df4e

Triadic

  1. #dfbe4e
  2. #4edfbe
  3. #be4edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfbe4e
  2. #6fdf4e
  3. #4e6fdf
  4. #be4edf

Square

  1. #dfbe4e
  2. #4edf75
  3. #4e6fdf
  4. #df4eb8

Monochromatic

  1. #7d6617
  2. #be9b22
  3. #dfbe4e
  4. #ebd68f
  5. #f6eed0

Shades

#dfbe4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbe4e
  2. #c9ab46
  3. #b2983e
  4. #9c8537
  5. #86722f
  6. #705f27
  7. #594c1f
  8. #433917
  9. #2d2610
  10. #161308
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbe4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbe4e
  2. #e2c560
  3. #e5cb71
  4. #e9d283
  5. #ecd895
  6. #efdfa7
  7. #f2e5b8
  8. #f5ecca
  9. #f9f2dc
  10. #fcf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbe4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbe4e
  2. #d6b853
  3. #ccb258
  4. #c3ab5d
  5. #b9a562
  6. #b09f67
  7. #a6996c
  8. #9d9371
  9. #938c76
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdc09f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1bb41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c553 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b0a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bc46 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc251 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab68b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbe4e {
  color: #dfbe4e;
}
Background
.bg-dfbe4e {
  background-color: #dfbe4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbe4e {
  border: 2px solid #dfbe4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbe4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 190 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 69% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbe4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbe4e, #b8df4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbe4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 190 78 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.57 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.78 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.02 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.13 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.94 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.28 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.75 #2041b1 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dfbe4e  rgb(223, 190, 78)  hsl(46, 69%, 59%)  Old Gold
#4e6fdf  rgb(78, 111, 223)  hsl(226, 69%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#4edfbe  rgb(78, 223, 190)  hsl(166, 69%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#be4edf  rgb(190, 78, 223)  hsl(286, 69%, 59%)  Medium Orchid