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#DFC03E

#dfc03e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfc03e 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 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.9% magenta, 72.2% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 48.45°, with 71.56% saturation and 55.88% 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 11.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.4.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5374

Complementary

  1. #dfc03e
  2. #3e5ddf

Split complementary

  1. #dfc03e
  2. #3eaddf
  3. #6f3edf

Analogous

  1. #df6f3e
  2. #dfc03e
  3. #addf3e

Triadic

  1. #dfc03e
  2. #3edfc0
  3. #c03edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfc03e
  2. #5ddf3e
  3. #3e5ddf
  4. #c03edf

Square

  1. #dfc03e
  2. #3edf6f
  3. #3e5ddf
  4. #df3ead

Monochromatic

  1. #715f13
  2. #b3961e
  3. #dfc03e
  4. #ead580
  5. #f5ebc1

Shades

#dfc03e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfc03e
  2. #c9ad38
  3. #b29a32
  4. #9c862b
  5. #867325
  6. #70601f
  7. #594d19
  8. #433a13
  9. #2d260c
  10. #161306
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfc03e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfc03e
  2. #e2c651
  3. #e5cd65
  4. #e9d378
  5. #ecd98b
  6. #efe09f
  7. #f2e6b2
  8. #f5ecc5
  9. #f9f2d8
  10. #fcf9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfc03e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfc03e
  2. #d6ba45
  3. #ccb34b
  4. #c3ad52
  5. #b9a658
  6. #b0a05f
  7. #a69a66
  8. #9d936c
  9. #938d73
  10. #8a8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec19e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bc29 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc646 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1b1a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8be33 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc443 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab789 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfc03e {
  color: #dfc03e;
}
Background
.bg-dfc03e {
  background-color: #dfc03e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfc03e {
  border: 2px solid #dfc03e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfc03e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 192 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 72% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfc03e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfc03e, #addf3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfc03e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 192 62 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.40 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.61 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.69 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.76 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.95 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.01 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.29 #203fc1 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dfc03e  rgb(223, 192, 62)  hsl(48, 72%, 56%)  Old Gold
#3e5ddf  rgb(62, 93, 223)  hsl(228, 72%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#3edfc0  rgb(62, 223, 192)  hsl(168, 72%, 56%)  Turquoise
#c03edf  rgb(192, 62, 223)  hsl(288, 72%, 56%)  Medium Orchid