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#CAB03E

#cab03e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cab03e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 69.02% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.87% magenta, 69.31% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 48.86°, with 56.91% saturation and 51.76% 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 9.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.58.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4396

Complementary

  1. #cab03e
  2. #3e58ca

Split complementary

  1. #cab03e
  2. #3e9eca
  3. #6a3eca

Analogous

  1. #ca6a3e
  2. #cab03e
  3. #9eca3e

Triadic

  1. #cab03e
  2. #3ecab0
  3. #b03eca

Tetradic

  1. #cab03e
  2. #58ca3e
  3. #3e58ca
  4. #b03eca

Square

  1. #cab03e
  2. #3eca6a
  3. #3e58ca
  4. #ca3e9e

Monochromatic

  1. #574b18
  2. #937f28
  3. #cab03e
  4. #dac97a
  5. #ebe1b6

Shades

#cab03e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cab03e
  2. #b69e38
  3. #a28d32
  4. #8d7b2b
  5. #796a25
  6. #65581f
  7. #514619
  8. #3d3513
  9. #28230c
  10. #141206
  11. #000000

Tints

#cab03e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cab03e
  2. #cfb851
  3. #d5c065
  4. #dac878
  5. #dfd08b
  6. #e5d89f
  7. #eadfb2
  8. #efe7c5
  9. #f4efd8
  10. #faf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cab03e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cab03e
  2. #c3ab45
  3. #bba64b
  4. #b4a252
  5. #ac9d58
  6. #a5985f
  7. #9e9366
  8. #968e6c
  9. #8f8a73
  10. #878579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb191 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ac2e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b544 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daa399 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ae35 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9b342 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a87e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cab03e {
  color: #cab03e;
}
Background
.bg-cab03e {
  background-color: #cab03e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cab03e {
  border: 2px solid #cab03e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cab03e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 176 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 57% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cab03e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cab03e, #9eca3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cab03e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 176 62 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.72 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.84 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.11 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.65 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.02 #354fc1 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cab03e  rgb(202, 176, 62)  hsl(49, 57%, 52%)  Old Gold
#3e58ca  rgb(62, 88, 202)  hsl(229, 57%, 52%)  Sapphire
#3ecab0  rgb(62, 202, 176)  hsl(169, 57%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b03eca  rgb(176, 62, 202)  hsl(289, 57%, 52%)  Purpureus