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#CBB020

#cbb020 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb020 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 69.02% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.3% magenta, 84.24% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 50.53°, with 72.77% saturation and 46.08% 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 9.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.22.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4385

Complementary

  1. #cbb020
  2. #203bcb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb020
  2. #2090cb
  3. #5b20cb

Analogous

  1. #cb5b20
  2. #cbb020
  3. #90cb20

Triadic

  1. #cbb020
  2. #20cbb0
  3. #b020cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb020
  2. #3bcb20
  3. #203bcb
  4. #b020cb

Square

  1. #cbb020
  2. #20cb5b
  3. #203bcb
  4. #cb2090

Monochromatic

  1. #473d0b
  2. #897716
  3. #cbb020
  4. #e4cd54
  5. #eee096

Shades

#cbb020 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb020
  2. #b79e1d
  3. #a28d1a
  4. #8e7b16
  5. #7a6a13
  6. #665810
  7. #51460d
  8. #3d350a
  9. #292306
  10. #141203
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb020 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb020
  2. #d0b836
  3. #d5c04d
  4. #dbc863
  5. #e0d079
  6. #e5d890
  7. #eadfa6
  8. #efe7bc
  9. #f5efd2
  10. #faf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb020 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb020
  2. #c4ab2a
  3. #bca633
  4. #b5a23d
  5. #ad9d46
  6. #a69850
  7. #9e935a
  8. #978e63
  9. #8f8a6d
  10. #888576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb08e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab52c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dca297 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ad03 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab328 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5a879 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb020 {
  color: #cbb020;
}
Background
.bg-cbb020 {
  background-color: #cbb020;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb020 {
  border: 2px solid #cbb020;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb020;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 176 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 73% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb020 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb020, #90cb20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb020 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 176 32 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.22 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.61 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.05 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.28 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.28 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.68 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.12 #344fdf Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb020  rgb(203, 176, 32)  hsl(51, 73%, 46%)  Old Gold
#203bcb  rgb(32, 59, 203)  hsl(231, 73%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#20cbb0  rgb(32, 203, 176)  hsl(171, 73%, 46%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b020cb  rgb(176, 32, 203)  hsl(291, 73%, 46%)  Dark Orchid