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#C2BB33

#c2bb33 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c2bb33 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 73.33% green and 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.61% magenta, 73.71% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 57.06°, with 58.37% saturation and 48.04% 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 10.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.3.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4725

Complementary

  1. #c2bb33
  2. #333ac2

Split complementary

  1. #c2bb33
  2. #3382c2
  3. #7333c2

Analogous

  1. #c27333
  2. #c2bb33
  3. #82c233

Triadic

  1. #c2bb33
  2. #33c2bb
  3. #bb33c2

Tetradic

  1. #c2bb33
  2. #3ac233
  3. #333ac2
  4. #bb33c2

Square

  1. #c2bb33
  2. #33c273
  3. #333ac2
  4. #c23382

Monochromatic

  1. #494613
  2. #858123
  3. #c2bb33
  4. #d8d26a
  5. #e8e4a6

Shades

#c2bb33 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2bb33
  2. #afa82e
  3. #9b9629
  4. #888324
  5. #74701f
  6. #615e1a
  7. #4e4b14
  8. #3a380f
  9. #27250a
  10. #131305
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2bb33 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2bb33
  2. #c8c247
  3. #cec95c
  4. #d4cf70
  5. #dad685
  6. #e1dd99
  7. #e7e4ad
  8. #edebc2
  9. #f3f1d6
  10. #f9f8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2bb33 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2bb33
  2. #bbb53b
  3. #b5af42
  4. #aea94a
  5. #a8a352
  6. #a19e5a
  7. #9a9861
  8. #949269
  9. #8d8c71
  10. #878678
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb994 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb417 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb93d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d0aea1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8b725 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9ba39 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cbb483 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2bb33 {
  color: #c2bb33;
}
Background
.bg-c2bb33 {
  background-color: #c2bb33;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2bb33 {
  border: 2px solid #c2bb33;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2bb33;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 187 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 58% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2bb33 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2bb33, #82c233);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2bb33 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 187 51 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.30 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.04 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.80 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.62 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.78 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.52 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.63 #3d44cc Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c2bb33  rgb(194, 187, 51)  hsl(57, 58%, 48%)  Old Gold
#333ac2  rgb(51, 58, 194)  hsl(237, 58%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#33c2bb  rgb(51, 194, 187)  hsl(177, 58%, 48%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb33c2  rgb(187, 51, 194)  hsl(297, 58%, 48%)  Purpureus