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#DFC03B

#dfc03b ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfc03b 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 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.9% magenta, 73.54% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 48.66°, with 71.93% saturation and 55.29% 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 11.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.45.

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Relative luminance0.537

Complementary

  1. #dfc03b
  2. #3b5adf

Split complementary

  1. #dfc03b
  2. #3bacdf
  3. #6e3bdf

Analogous

  1. #df6e3b
  2. #dfc03b
  3. #acdf3b

Triadic

  1. #dfc03b
  2. #3bdfc0
  3. #c03bdf

Tetradic

  1. #dfc03b
  2. #5adf3b
  3. #3b5adf
  4. #c03bdf

Square

  1. #dfc03b
  2. #3bdf6e
  3. #3b5adf
  4. #df3bac

Monochromatic

  1. #6f5d12
  2. #b1951d
  3. #dfc03b
  4. #ead57d
  5. #f4eabf

Shades

#dfc03b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfc03b
  2. #c9ad35
  3. #b29a2f
  4. #9c8629
  5. #867323
  6. #70601e
  7. #594d18
  8. #433a12
  9. #2d260c
  10. #161306
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfc03b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfc03b
  2. #e2c64f
  3. #e5cd62
  4. #e9d376
  5. #ecd989
  6. #efe09d
  7. #f2e6b1
  8. #f5ecc4
  9. #f9f2d8
  10. #fcf9eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfc03b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfc03b
  2. #d6ba42
  3. #ccb349
  4. #c3ad50
  5. #b9a657
  6. #b0a05e
  7. #a69a64
  8. #9d936b
  9. #938d72
  10. #8a8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec19e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bc24 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc643 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1b1a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8be2f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc340 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab788 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfc03b {
  color: #dfc03b;
}
Background
.bg-dfc03b {
  background-color: #dfc03b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfc03b {
  border: 2px solid #dfc03b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfc03b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 192 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 72% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfc03b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfc03b, #acdf3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfc03b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 192 59 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.45 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.70 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.77 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.79 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.83 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.30 #203fc4 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dfc03b  rgb(223, 192, 59)  hsl(49, 72%, 55%)  Old Gold
#3b5adf  rgb(59, 90, 223)  hsl(229, 72%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#3bdfc0  rgb(59, 223, 192)  hsl(169, 72%, 55%)  Turquoise
#c03bdf  rgb(192, 59, 223)  hsl(289, 72%, 55%)  Medium Orchid