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#C2AA2D

#c2aa2d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c2aa2d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 66.67% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.37% magenta, 76.8% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 50.34°, with 62.34% saturation and 46.86% 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 9.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.4041

Complementary

  1. #c2aa2d
  2. #2d45c2

Split complementary

  1. #c2aa2d
  2. #2d8fc2
  3. #602dc2

Analogous

  1. #c2602d
  2. #c2aa2d
  3. #8fc22d

Triadic

  1. #c2aa2d
  2. #2dc2aa
  3. #aa2dc2

Tetradic

  1. #c2aa2d
  2. #45c22d
  3. #2d45c2
  4. #aa2dc2

Square

  1. #c2aa2d
  2. #2dc260
  3. #2d45c2
  4. #c22d8f

Monochromatic

  1. #463d10
  2. #84741f
  3. #c2aa2d
  4. #dac761
  5. #e9dd9f

Shades

#c2aa2d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2aa2d
  2. #af9929
  3. #9b8824
  4. #887720
  5. #74661b
  6. #615517
  7. #4e4412
  8. #3a330e
  9. #272209
  10. #131105
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2aa2d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2aa2d
  2. #c8b342
  3. #cebb57
  4. #d4c46c
  5. #dacc81
  6. #e1d596
  7. #e7ddab
  8. #ede6c0
  9. #f3eed5
  10. #f9f7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2aa2d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2aa2d
  2. #bba635
  3. #b5a23e
  4. #ae9d46
  5. #a8994e
  6. #a19557
  7. #9a915f
  8. #948d67
  9. #8d886f
  10. #878478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4aa8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba612 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2ae36 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d29d92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bea820 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2ac32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cca277 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2aa2d {
  color: #c2aa2d;
}
Background
.bg-c2aa2d {
  background-color: #c2aa2d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2aa2d {
  border: 2px solid #c2aa2d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2aa2d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 170 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 62% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2aa2d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2aa2d, #8fc22d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2aa2d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 170 45 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.19 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.03 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.25 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.98 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.58 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.05 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.93 #3d55d2 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c2aa2d  rgb(194, 170, 45)  hsl(50, 62%, 47%)  Old Gold
#2d45c2  rgb(45, 69, 194)  hsl(230, 62%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#2dc2aa  rgb(45, 194, 170)  hsl(170, 62%, 47%)  Medium Aquamarine
#aa2dc2  rgb(170, 45, 194)  hsl(290, 62%, 47%)  Dark Orchid