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#C2B00A

#c2b00a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c2b00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.28% magenta, 94.85% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 54.13°, with 90.2% saturation and 40% 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 9.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.91.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4254

Complementary

  1. #c2b00a
  2. #0a1cc2

Split complementary

  1. #c2b00a
  2. #0a78c2
  3. #540ac2

Analogous

  1. #c2540a
  2. #c2b00a
  3. #78c20a

Triadic

  1. #c2b00a
  2. #0ac2b0
  3. #b00ac2

Tetradic

  1. #c2b00a
  2. #1cc20a
  3. #0a1cc2
  4. #b00ac2

Square

  1. #c2b00a
  2. #0ac254
  3. #0a1cc2
  4. #c20a78

Monochromatic

  1. #312c02
  2. #796e06
  3. #c2b00a
  4. #f4e025
  5. #f8ea6d

Shades

#c2b00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2b00a
  2. #af9e09
  3. #9b8d08
  4. #887b07
  5. #746a06
  6. #615805
  7. #4e4604
  8. #3a3503
  9. #272302
  10. #131201
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2b00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2b00a
  2. #c8b823
  3. #cec03b
  4. #d4c854
  5. #dad06c
  6. #e1d885
  7. #e7df9d
  8. #ede7b6
  9. #f3efce
  10. #f9f7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2b00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2b00a
  2. #bbab16
  3. #b5a622
  4. #aea22d
  5. #a89d39
  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 9.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7af8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b221 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d2a296 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2ad00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b11a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cca877 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2b00a {
  color: #c2b00a;
}
Background
.bg-c2b00a {
  background-color: #c2b00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2b00a {
  border: 2px solid #c2b00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2b00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 90% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2b00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2b00a, #78c20a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2b00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.91 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.99 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.19 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.63 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.84 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 9.84 #3d4ff5 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c2b00a  rgb(194, 176, 10)  hsl(54, 90%, 40%)  Old Gold
#0a1cc2  rgb(10, 28, 194)  hsl(234, 90%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#0ac2b0  rgb(10, 194, 176)  hsl(174, 90%, 40%)  Tiffany Blue
#b00ac2  rgb(176, 10, 194)  hsl(294, 90%, 40%)  Dark Orchid