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#DBC021

#dbc021 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbc021 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 75.29% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.33% magenta, 84.93% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 51.29°, with 73.81% saturation and 49.41% 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 11.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.08.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5287

Complementary

  1. #dbc021
  2. #213cdb

Split complementary

  1. #dbc021
  2. #2199db
  3. #6321db

Analogous

  1. #db6321
  2. #dbc021
  3. #99db21

Triadic

  1. #dbc021
  2. #21dbc0
  3. #c021db

Tetradic

  1. #dbc021
  2. #3cdb21
  3. #213cdb
  4. #c021db

Square

  1. #dbc021
  2. #21db63
  3. #213cdb
  4. #db2199

Monochromatic

  1. #564b0d
  2. #998617
  3. #dbc021
  4. #e7d461
  5. #f1e6a4

Shades

#dbc021 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbc021
  2. #c5ad1e
  3. #af9a1a
  4. #998617
  5. #837314
  6. #6e6011
  7. #584d0d
  8. #423a0a
  9. #2c2607
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbc021 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbc021
  2. #dfc637
  3. #e2cd4d
  4. #e6d364
  5. #e9d97a
  6. #ede090
  7. #f1e6a6
  8. #f4ecbc
  9. #f8f2d3
  10. #fbf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbc021 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbc021
  2. #d2ba2b
  3. #c9b334
  4. #c0ad3e
  5. #b7a647
  6. #aea051
  7. #a49a5a
  8. #9b9364
  9. #928d6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccc09a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc430 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edb1a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc32a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b784 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbc021 {
  color: #dbc021;
}
Background
.bg-dbc021 {
  background-color: #dbc021;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbc021 {
  border: 2px solid #dbc021;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbc021;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 192 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 74% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbc021 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbc021, #99db21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbc021 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 192 33 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.08 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.42 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.91 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.88 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.96 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.38 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.90 #243fde Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dbc021  rgb(219, 192, 33)  hsl(51, 74%, 49%)  Old Gold
#213cdb  rgb(33, 60, 219)  hsl(231, 74%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#21dbc0  rgb(33, 219, 192)  hsl(171, 74%, 49%)  Turquoise
#c021db  rgb(192, 33, 219)  hsl(291, 74%, 49%)  Electric Purple