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#DEC024

#dec024 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 75.29% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.51% magenta, 83.78% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 50.32°, with 73.81% saturation and 50.59% 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 11.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.14.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5336

Complementary

  1. #dec024
  2. #2442de

Split complementary

  1. #dec024
  2. #249fde
  3. #6324de

Analogous

  1. #de6324
  2. #dec024
  3. #9fde24

Triadic

  1. #dec024
  2. #24dec0
  3. #c024de

Tetradic

  1. #dec024
  2. #42de24
  3. #2442de
  4. #c024de

Square

  1. #dec024
  2. #24de63
  3. #2442de
  4. #de249f

Monochromatic

  1. #5b4f0e
  2. #9e8818
  3. #dec024
  4. #e8d366
  5. #f2e6a9

Shades

#dec024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec024
  2. #c8ad20
  3. #b29a1d
  4. #9b8619
  5. #857316
  6. #6f6012
  7. #594d0e
  8. #433a0b
  9. #2c2607
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec024
  2. #e1c63a
  3. #e5cd50
  4. #e8d366
  5. #ebd97c
  6. #efe092
  7. #f2e6a7
  8. #f5ecbd
  9. #f8f2d3
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec024
  2. #d5ba2d
  3. #cbb336
  4. #c2ad40
  5. #b8a649
  6. #afa052
  7. #a69a5b
  8. #9c9364
  9. #938d6e
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdc19b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc531 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8bd04 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc32d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b784 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec024 {
  color: #dec024;
}
Background
.bg-dec024 {
  background-color: #dec024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec024 {
  border: 2px solid #dec024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 192 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 74% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec024, #9fde24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 192 36 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.14 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.30 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.77 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.08 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.59 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.67 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.43 #213fdb Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dec024  rgb(222, 192, 36)  hsl(50, 74%, 51%)  Old Gold
#2442de  rgb(36, 66, 222)  hsl(230, 74%, 51%)  Persian Blue
#24dec0  rgb(36, 222, 192)  hsl(170, 74%, 51%)  Turquoise
#c024de  rgb(192, 36, 222)  hsl(290, 74%, 51%)  Electric Purple