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#DFC027

#dfc027 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfc027 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 75.29% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.9% magenta, 82.51% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 49.89°, with 74.19% saturation and 51.37% 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 11.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.12.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5353

Complementary

  1. #dfc027
  2. #2746df

Split complementary

  1. #dfc027
  2. #27a2df
  3. #6427df

Analogous

  1. #df6427
  2. #dfc027
  3. #a2df27

Triadic

  1. #dfc027
  2. #27dfc0
  3. #c027df

Tetradic

  1. #dfc027
  2. #46df27
  3. #2746df
  4. #c027df

Square

  1. #dfc027
  2. #27df64
  3. #2746df
  4. #df27a2

Monochromatic

  1. #5f510e
  2. #a28a18
  3. #dfc027
  4. #e9d36a
  5. #f3e7ac

Shades

#dfc027 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfc027
  2. #c9ad23
  3. #b29a1f
  4. #9c861b
  5. #867317
  6. #706014
  7. #594d10
  8. #433a0c
  9. #2d2608
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfc027 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfc027
  2. #e2c63d
  3. #e5cd52
  4. #e9d368
  5. #ecd97d
  6. #efe093
  7. #f2e6a9
  8. #f5ecbe
  9. #f9f2d4
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfc027 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfc027
  2. #d6ba30
  3. #ccb339
  4. #c3ad42
  5. #b9a64b
  6. #b0a054
  7. #a69a5c
  8. #9d9365
  9. #938d6e
  10. #8a8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec19b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc633 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1b0a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bd0d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec32f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab784 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfc027 {
  color: #dfc027;
}
Background
.bg-dfc027 {
  background-color: #dfc027;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfc027 {
  border: 2px solid #dfc027;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfc027;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 192 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 74% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfc027 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfc027, #a2df27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfc027 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 192 39 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.12 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.15 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.78 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.96 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.42 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.28 #203fd8 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dfc027  rgb(223, 192, 39)  hsl(50, 74%, 51%)  Old Gold
#2746df  rgb(39, 70, 223)  hsl(230, 74%, 51%)  Iris
#27dfc0  rgb(39, 223, 192)  hsl(170, 74%, 51%)  Turquoise
#c027df  rgb(192, 39, 223)  hsl(290, 74%, 51%)  Electric Purple