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#C1B00A

#c1b00a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c1b00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.69% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.81% magenta, 94.82% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 54.43°, with 90.15% saturation and 39.8% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.08.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4241

Complementary

  1. #c1b00a
  2. #0a1bc1

Split complementary

  1. #c1b00a
  2. #0a76c1
  3. #550ac1

Analogous

  1. #c1550a
  2. #c1b00a
  3. #76c10a

Triadic

  1. #c1b00a
  2. #0ac1b0
  3. #b00ac1

Tetradic

  1. #c1b00a
  2. #1bc10a
  3. #0a1bc1
  4. #b00ac1

Square

  1. #c1b00a
  2. #0ac155
  3. #0a1bc1
  4. #c10a76

Monochromatic

  1. #302b02
  2. #786e06
  3. #c1b00a
  4. #f4e024
  5. #f7eb6d

Shades

#c1b00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c1b00a
  2. #ae9e09
  3. #9a8d08
  4. #877b07
  5. #746a06
  6. #615805
  7. #4d4604
  8. #3a3503
  9. #272302
  10. #131201
  11. #000000

Tints

#c1b00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c1b00a
  2. #c7b823
  3. #cdc03b
  4. #d4c854
  5. #dad06c
  6. #e0d885
  7. #e6df9d
  8. #ece7b6
  9. #f3efce
  10. #f9f7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c1b00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c1b00a
  2. #bbab16
  3. #b4a622
  4. #aea22d
  5. #a79d39
  6. #a19845
  7. #9a9351
  8. #948e5d
  9. #8d8a68
  10. #878574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6af8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b121 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d1a296 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1ad00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b11a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cba877 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c1b00a {
  color: #c1b00a;
}
Background
.bg-c1b00a {
  background-color: #c1b00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c1b00a {
  border: 2px solid #c1b00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c1b00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 90% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c1b00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c1b00a, #76c10a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c1b00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.08 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.93 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.42 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.65 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.56 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.09 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.89 #3e4ff5 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c1b00a  rgb(193, 176, 10)  hsl(54, 90%, 40%)  Old Gold
#0a1bc1  rgb(10, 27, 193)  hsl(234, 90%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#0ac1b0  rgb(10, 193, 176)  hsl(174, 90%, 40%)  Tiffany Blue
#b00ac1  rgb(176, 10, 193)  hsl(294, 90%, 40%)  Dark Orchid