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#C5B70E

#c5b70e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c5b70e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 71.76% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.11% magenta, 92.89% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 55.41°, with 86.73% saturation and 41.37% 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 10.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.42.

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Relative luminance0.4577

Complementary

  1. #c5b70e
  2. #0e1cc5

Split complementary

  1. #c5b70e
  2. #0e77c5
  3. #5b0ec5

Analogous

  1. #c55b0e
  2. #c5b70e
  3. #77c50e

Triadic

  1. #c5b70e
  2. #0ec5b7
  3. #b70ec5

Tetradic

  1. #c5b70e
  2. #1cc50e
  3. #0e1cc5
  4. #b70ec5

Square

  1. #c5b70e
  2. #0ec55b
  3. #0e1cc5
  4. #c50e77

Monochromatic

  1. #363204
  2. #7e7509
  3. #c5b70e
  4. #f0e12f
  5. #f5ec77

Shades

#c5b70e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5b70e
  2. #b1a50d
  3. #9e920b
  4. #8a800a
  5. #766e08
  6. #635c07
  7. #4f4906
  8. #3b3704
  9. #272503
  10. #141201
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5b70e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5b70e
  2. #cbbe26
  3. #d1c53e
  4. #d6cd56
  5. #dcd46e
  6. #e2db87
  7. #e8e29f
  8. #eee9b7
  9. #f3f1cf
  10. #f9f8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5b70e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5b70e
  2. #beb219
  3. #b7ac25
  4. #b0a730
  5. #a9a13c
  6. #a39c47
  7. #9c9652
  8. #95915e
  9. #8e8b69
  10. #878675
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb58f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb724 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d5a99c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7b300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab71d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cfaf7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5b70e {
  color: #c5b70e;
}
Background
.bg-c5b70e {
  background-color: #c5b70e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5b70e {
  border: 2px solid #c5b70e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5b70e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 183 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 87% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5b70e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5b70e, #77c50e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5b70e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 183 14 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.42 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.91 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.02 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.29 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 9.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.45 #3a48f1 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c5b70e  rgb(197, 183, 14)  hsl(55, 87%, 41%)  Old Gold
#0e1cc5  rgb(14, 28, 197)  hsl(235, 87%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#0ec5b7  rgb(14, 197, 183)  hsl(175, 87%, 41%)  Tiffany Blue
#b70ec5  rgb(183, 14, 197)  hsl(295, 87%, 41%)  Dark Orchid