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#C2BC16

#c2bc16 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c2bc16 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 73.73% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.09% magenta, 88.66% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 57.91°, with 79.63% saturation and 42.35% 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 10.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.07.

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Relative luminance0.4749

Complementary

  1. #c2bc16
  2. #161cc2

Split complementary

  1. #c2bc16
  2. #1672c2
  3. #6616c2

Analogous

  1. #c26616
  2. #c2bc16
  3. #72c216

Triadic

  1. #c2bc16
  2. #16c2bc
  3. #bc16c2

Tetradic

  1. #c2bc16
  2. #1cc216
  3. #161cc2
  4. #bc16c2

Square

  1. #c2bc16
  2. #16c266
  3. #161cc2
  4. #c21672

Monochromatic

  1. #393706
  2. #7d790e
  3. #c2bc16
  4. #e9e33c
  5. #f1ed80

Shades

#c2bc16 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2bc16
  2. #afa914
  3. #9b9612
  4. #88840f
  5. #74710d
  6. #615e0b
  7. #4e4b09
  8. #3a3807
  9. #272604
  10. #131302
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2bc16 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2bc16
  2. #c8c32d
  3. #cec945
  4. #d4d05c
  5. #dad773
  6. #e1de8b
  7. #e7e4a2
  8. #edebb9
  9. #f3f2d0
  10. #f9f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2bc16 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2bc16
  2. #bbb621
  3. #b5b02b
  4. #aeaa36
  5. #a8a440
  6. #a19e4b
  7. #9a9856
  8. #949260
  9. #8d8c6b
  10. #878675
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb992 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0ba2a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d1afa0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9b700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cabb23 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cbb480 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2bc16 {
  color: #c2bc16;
}
Background
.bg-c2bc16 {
  background-color: #c2bc16;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2bc16 {
  border: 2px solid #c2bc16;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2bc16;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 188 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 80% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2bc16 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2bc16, #72c216);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2bc16 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 188 22 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.07 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.82 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.70 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.07 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.25 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.33 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.61 #3d43e9 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c2bc16  rgb(194, 188, 22)  hsl(58, 80%, 42%)  Old Gold
#161cc2  rgb(22, 28, 194)  hsl(238, 80%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#16c2bc  rgb(22, 194, 188)  hsl(178, 80%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#bc16c2  rgb(188, 22, 194)  hsl(298, 80%, 42%)  Dark Orchid