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#CBB008

#cbb008 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cbb008 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 69.02% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.3% magenta, 96.06% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 51.69°, with 92.42% 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 9.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.08.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4376

Complementary

  1. #cbb008
  2. #0823cb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb008
  2. #0885cb
  3. #4e08cb

Analogous

  1. #cb4e08
  2. #cbb008
  3. #85cb08

Triadic

  1. #cbb008
  2. #08cbb0
  3. #b008cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb008
  2. #23cb08
  3. #0823cb
  4. #b008cb

Square

  1. #cbb008
  2. #08cb4e
  3. #0823cb
  4. #cb0885

Monochromatic

  1. #383002
  2. #817005
  3. #cbb008
  4. #f7da29
  5. #f9e773

Shades

#cbb008 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb008
  2. #b79e07
  3. #a28d06
  4. #8e7b06
  5. #7a6a05
  6. #665804
  7. #514603
  8. #3d3502
  9. #292302
  10. #141201
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb008 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb008
  2. #d0b821
  3. #d5c039
  4. #dbc852
  5. #e0d06b
  6. #e5d884
  7. #eadf9c
  8. #efe7b5
  9. #f5efce
  10. #faf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb008 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb008
  2. #c4ab14
  3. #bca620
  4. #b5a22c
  5. #ad9d38
  6. #a69844
  7. #9e9350
  8. #978e5c
  9. #8f8a68
  10. #888574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb08c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab51f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dca196 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ad00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb318 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5a777 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb008 {
  color: #cbb008;
}
Background
.bg-cbb008 {
  background-color: #cbb008;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb008 {
  border: 2px solid #cbb008;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb008;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 176 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 92% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb008 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb008, #85cb08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb008 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 176 8 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.08 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.68 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.97 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.98 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.99 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.19 #344ff7 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb008  rgb(203, 176, 8)  hsl(52, 92%, 41%)  Old Gold
#0823cb  rgb(8, 35, 203)  hsl(232, 92%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#08cbb0  rgb(8, 203, 176)  hsl(172, 92%, 41%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b008cb  rgb(176, 8, 203)  hsl(292, 92%, 41%)  Dark Orchid