HEX Color #DBB642 (Goldenrod)

About #DBB642

At its core, #DBB642 is a medium and moderate hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Goldenrod. In the RGB color space, it consists of 219 red, 182 green, and 66 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 17% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#DBB642

RGB219, 182, 66

HSL45.5°, 68.0%, 55.9%

CMYK0%, 17%, 70%, 14%

HSV45.5°, 69.9%, 85.9%

LAB75.4, 1.2, 61.4

XYZ46.9, 48.9, 12.1

Decimal14399042

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#DBB642 #4166DB

Analogous

#DB6941 #B3DB41

Triadic

#41DBB6 #B541DB

Tetradic

#41DB69 #4166DB #DB41B3

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#DBB642

#DFBE57

#E3C66C

#E7CE81

#EBD696

#EFDEAB

#F3E6C0

#F7EED5

#FBF6EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#DBB642

#C2A13A

#AA8D33

#92792C

#796524

#61501D

#493C16

#30280E

#181407

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.95:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

10.78:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.86:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.17:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #DBB642; }

.text-color { color: #DBB642; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #DBB642; }

Similar Colors

Goldenrod

#DAA520