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#C9B00A

#c9b00a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c9b00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.44% magenta, 95.02% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 52.15°, with 90.52% 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 9.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.1.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4349

Complementary

  1. #c9b00a
  2. #0a23c9

Split complementary

  1. #c9b00a
  2. #0a82c9
  3. #510ac9

Analogous

  1. #c9510a
  2. #c9b00a
  3. #82c90a

Triadic

  1. #c9b00a
  2. #0ac9b0
  3. #b00ac9

Tetradic

  1. #c9b00a
  2. #23c90a
  3. #0a23c9
  4. #b00ac9

Square

  1. #c9b00a
  2. #0ac951
  3. #0a23c9
  4. #c90a82

Monochromatic

  1. #373003
  2. #807006
  3. #c9b00a
  4. #f4da2b
  5. #f8e774

Shades

#c9b00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9b00a
  2. #b59e09
  3. #a18d08
  4. #8d7b07
  5. #796a06
  6. #655805
  7. #504604
  8. #3c3503
  9. #282302
  10. #141201
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9b00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9b00a
  2. #ceb823
  3. #d4c03b
  4. #d9c854
  5. #dfd06c
  6. #e4d885
  7. #e9df9d
  8. #efe7b6
  9. #f4efce
  10. #faf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9b00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9b00a
  2. #c2ab16
  3. #baa622
  4. #b3a22d
  5. #ac9d39
  6. #a59845
  7. #9d9351
  8. #968e5d
  9. #8f8a68
  10. #878574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb08c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab420 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daa196 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ad00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9b219 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3a777 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9b00a {
  color: #c9b00a;
}
Background
.bg-c9b00a {
  background-color: #c9b00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9b00a {
  border: 2px solid #c9b00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9b00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9b00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9b00a, #82c90a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9b00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.64 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.67 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.80 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.13 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.27 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.45 #364ff5 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c9b00a  rgb(201, 176, 10)  hsl(52, 91%, 41%)  Old Gold
#0a23c9  rgb(10, 35, 201)  hsl(232, 91%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#0ac9b0  rgb(10, 201, 176)  hsl(172, 91%, 41%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b00ac9  rgb(176, 10, 201)  hsl(292, 91%, 41%)  Dark Orchid