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#C2AF07

#c2af07 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c2af07 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 68.63% green and 2.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.79% magenta, 96.39% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 53.9°, with 93.03% saturation and 39.41% 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 9.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.9.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4214

Complementary

  1. #c2af07
  2. #071ac2

Split complementary

  1. #c2af07
  2. #0778c2
  3. #5107c2

Analogous

  1. #c25107
  2. #c2af07
  3. #78c207

Triadic

  1. #c2af07
  2. #07c2af
  3. #af07c2

Tetradic

  1. #c2af07
  2. #1ac207
  3. #071ac2
  4. #af07c2

Square

  1. #c2af07
  2. #07c251
  3. #071ac2
  4. #c20778

Monochromatic

  1. #2e2a02
  2. #786c04
  3. #c2af07
  4. #f7e11f
  5. #faeb68

Shades

#c2af07 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2af07
  2. #af9e06
  3. #9b8c06
  4. #887b05
  5. #746904
  6. #615804
  7. #4e4603
  8. #3a3502
  9. #272301
  10. #131201
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2af07 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2af07
  2. #c8b720
  3. #cebf39
  4. #d4c751
  5. #dacf6a
  6. #e1d783
  7. #e7df9c
  8. #ede7b5
  9. #f3efcd
  10. #f9f7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2af07 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2af07
  2. #bbaa13
  3. #b5a61f
  4. #aea12b
  5. #a89c37
  6. #a19844
  7. #9a9350
  8. #948e5c
  9. #8d8968
  10. #878574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6ae8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b120 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d2a195 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1ac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b018 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cca776 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2af07 {
  color: #c2af07;
}
Background
.bg-c2af07 {
  background-color: #c2af07;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2af07 {
  border: 2px solid #c2af07;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2af07;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 175 7;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 93% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2af07 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2af07, #78c207);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2af07 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 175 7 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.90 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.94 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.00 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.69 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.70 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.71 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 9.86 #3d50f8 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c2af07  rgb(194, 175, 7)  hsl(54, 93%, 39%)  Old Gold
#071ac2  rgb(7, 26, 194)  hsl(234, 93%, 39%)  Medium Blue
#07c2af  rgb(7, 194, 175)  hsl(174, 93%, 39%)  Tiffany Blue
#af07c2  rgb(175, 7, 194)  hsl(294, 93%, 39%)  Dark Orchid