#dcb414

Color #dcb414

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 10.13 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#dcb414

RGB

rgb(220, 180, 20)

HSL

hsl(48, 83.3%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48, 90.9%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 90.9%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(74.77, 1.22, 74.56)

LCH

lch(74.77, 74.57, 89.06)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.1569, 92.26)

HWB

hwb(48, 7.8%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#143cdc

Analogous

#dc5014

#dcb414

#a0dc14

Triadic

#dcb414

#14dcb4

#b414dc

Split-complementary

#dcb414

#14a0dc

#5014dc

Tetradic

#dcb414

#3cdc14

#143cdc

#b414dc

Square

#dcb414

#14dc50

#143cdc

#dc14a0

Shades

Color #dcb414 mixed toward black.

#b79611

#93780d

#6e5a0a

#493c07

#251e03

Tints

Color #dcb414 mixed toward white.

#ecc731

#f0d25a

#f4dd83

#f7e9ad

#fbf4d6

Tones

Color #dcb414 mixed toward gray.

#cbaa25

#bba035

#aa9646

#998c57

#898267

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccc60 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#ced169 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#da7c81 · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcb414;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcb414]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#dcb414 (#dcb414) is rgb(220, 180, 20) in RGB.

No, #dcb414 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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