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#CBAE5E

#cbae5e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cbae5e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 68.24% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.29% magenta, 53.69% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 44.04°, with 51.17% saturation and 58.24% 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 9.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 4.04.

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Relative luminance0.4378

Complementary

  1. #cbae5e
  2. #5e7bcb

Split complementary

  1. #cbae5e
  2. #5eb2cb
  3. #785ecb

Analogous

  1. #cb785e
  2. #cbae5e
  3. #b2cb5e

Triadic

  1. #cbae5e
  2. #5ecbae
  3. #ae5ecb

Tetradic

  1. #cbae5e
  2. #7bcb5e
  3. #5e7bcb
  4. #ae5ecb

Square

  1. #cbae5e
  2. #5ecb78
  3. #5e7bcb
  4. #cb5eb2

Monochromatic

  1. #6d5923
  2. #a78936
  3. #cbae5e
  4. #decb98
  5. #f0e8d2

Shades

#cbae5e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbae5e
  2. #b79d55
  3. #a28b4b
  4. #8e7a42
  5. #7a6838
  6. #66572f
  7. #514626
  8. #3d341c
  9. #292313
  10. #141109
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbae5e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbae5e
  2. #d0b66e
  3. #d5be7e
  4. #dbc68e
  5. #e0ce9e
  6. #e5d7af
  7. #eadfbf
  8. #efe7cf
  9. #f5efdf
  10. #faf7ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbae5e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbae5e
  2. #c4a961
  3. #bca565
  4. #b5a068
  5. #ad9c6c
  6. #a6976f
  7. #9e9272
  8. #978e76
  9. #8f8979
  10. #88857d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb097 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #beac57 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b461 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9a29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3ad5a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7b260 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a787 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbae5e {
  color: #cbae5e;
}
Background
.bg-cbae5e {
  background-color: #cbae5e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbae5e {
  border: 2px solid #cbae5e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbae5e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 174 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 51% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbae5e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbae5e, #b2cb5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbae5e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 174 94 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.04 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.43 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.00 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.30 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.72 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.13 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.26 #3451a1 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#cbae5e  rgb(203, 174, 94)  hsl(44, 51%, 58%)  Vegas Gold
#5e7bcb  rgb(94, 123, 203)  hsl(224, 51%, 58%)  Glaucous
#5ecbae  rgb(94, 203, 174)  hsl(164, 51%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae5ecb  rgb(174, 94, 203)  hsl(284, 51%, 58%)  Medium Orchid