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#DFC331

#dfc331 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfc331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 76.47% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.56% magenta, 78.03% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 50.34°, with 73.11% saturation and 53.33% 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 11.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.25.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5494

Complementary

  1. #dfc331
  2. #314ddf

Split complementary

  1. #dfc331
  2. #31a4df
  3. #6c31df

Analogous

  1. #df6c31
  2. #dfc331
  3. #a4df31

Triadic

  1. #dfc331
  2. #31dfc3
  3. #c331df

Tetradic

  1. #dfc331
  2. #4ddf31
  3. #314ddf
  4. #c331df

Square

  1. #dfc331
  2. #31df6c
  3. #314ddf
  4. #df31a4

Monochromatic

  1. #675910
  2. #a9921a
  3. #dfc331
  4. #e9d673
  5. #f4eab5

Shades

#dfc331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfc331
  2. #c9b02c
  3. #b29c27
  4. #9c8922
  5. #86751d
  6. #706219
  7. #594e14
  8. #433b0f
  9. #2d270a
  10. #161405
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfc331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfc331
  2. #e2c946
  3. #e5cf5a
  4. #e9d56f
  5. #ecdb83
  6. #efe198
  7. #f2e7ad
  8. #f5edc1
  9. #f9f3d6
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfc331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfc331
  2. #d6bc39
  3. #ccb641
  4. #c3af49
  5. #b9a851
  6. #b0a259
  7. #a69b60
  8. #9d9468
  9. #938d70
  10. #8a8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc39e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7be0a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec83c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1b4a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac020 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc638 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eaba88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfc331 {
  color: #dfc331;
}
Background
.bg-dfc331 {
  background-color: #dfc331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfc331 {
  border: 2px solid #dfc331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfc331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 195 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 73% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfc331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfc331, #a4df31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfc331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 195 49 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.25 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.34 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.48 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.04 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.05 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.13 #203cce Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dfc331  rgb(223, 195, 49)  hsl(50, 73%, 53%)  Old Gold
#314ddf  rgb(49, 77, 223)  hsl(230, 73%, 53%)  Iris
#31dfc3  rgb(49, 223, 195)  hsl(170, 73%, 53%)  Turquoise
#c331df  rgb(195, 49, 223)  hsl(290, 73%, 53%)  Electric Purple