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#CABC46

#cabc46 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cabc46 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 73.73% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.93% magenta, 65.35% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 53.64°, with 55.46% saturation and 53.33% 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 10.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4897

Complementary

  1. #cabc46
  2. #4654ca

Split complementary

  1. #cabc46
  2. #4696ca
  3. #7a46ca

Analogous

  1. #ca7a46
  2. #cabc46
  3. #96ca46

Triadic

  1. #cabc46
  2. #46cabc
  3. #bc46ca

Tetradic

  1. #cabc46
  2. #54ca46
  3. #4654ca
  4. #bc46ca

Square

  1. #cabc46
  2. #46ca7a
  3. #4654ca
  4. #ca4696

Monochromatic

  1. #5c551a
  2. #988c2c
  3. #cabc46
  4. #dbd281
  5. #ece7bd

Shades

#cabc46 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cabc46
  2. #b6a93f
  3. #a29638
  4. #8d8431
  5. #79712a
  6. #655e23
  7. #514b1c
  8. #3d3815
  9. #28260e
  10. #141307
  11. #000000

Tints

#cabc46 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cabc46
  2. #cfc359
  3. #d5c96b
  4. #dad07e
  5. #dfd790
  6. #e5dea3
  7. #eae4b5
  8. #efebc8
  9. #f4f2da
  10. #faf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cabc46 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cabc46
  2. #c3b64c
  3. #bbb052
  4. #b4aa57
  5. #aca45d
  6. #a59e63
  7. #9e9869
  8. #96926f
  9. #8f8c74
  10. #87867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0bb99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb637 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bd4d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9afa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbb93d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cebc4a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3b588 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cabc46 {
  color: #cabc46;
}
Background
.bg-cabc46 {
  background-color: #cabc46;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cabc46 {
  border: 2px solid #cabc46;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cabc46;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 188 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 55% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cabc46 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cabc46, #96ca46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cabc46 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 188 70 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.62 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.17 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.32 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.91 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.34 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.53 #3543b9 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cabc46  rgb(202, 188, 70)  hsl(54, 55%, 53%)  Old Gold
#4654ca  rgb(70, 84, 202)  hsl(234, 55%, 53%)  Iris
#46cabc  rgb(70, 202, 188)  hsl(174, 55%, 53%)  Medium Turquoise
#bc46ca  rgb(188, 70, 202)  hsl(294, 55%, 53%)  Medium Orchid