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#CBB032

#cbb032 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb032 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 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.3% magenta, 75.37% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 49.41°, with 60.47% saturation and 49.61% 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 9.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.4.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4398

Complementary

  1. #cbb032
  2. #324dcb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb032
  2. #329acb
  3. #6432cb

Analogous

  1. #cb6432
  2. #cbb032
  3. #9acb32

Triadic

  1. #cbb032
  2. #32cbb0
  3. #b032cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb032
  2. #4dcb32
  3. #324dcb
  4. #b032cb

Square

  1. #cbb032
  2. #32cb64
  3. #324dcb
  4. #cb329a

Monochromatic

  1. #504614
  2. #8e7b23
  3. #cbb032
  4. #dbc86e
  5. #eadfac

Shades

#cbb032 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb032
  2. #b79e2d
  3. #a28d28
  4. #8e7b23
  5. #7a6a1e
  6. #665819
  7. #514614
  8. #3d350f
  9. #29230a
  10. #141205
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb032 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb032
  2. #d0b847
  3. #d5c05b
  4. #dbc870
  5. #e0d084
  6. #e5d899
  7. #eadfad
  8. #efe7c2
  9. #f5efd6
  10. #faf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb032 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb032
  2. #c4ab3a
  3. #bca642
  4. #b5a249
  5. #ad9d51
  6. #a69859
  7. #9e9361
  8. #978e69
  9. #8f8a70
  10. #888578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb18f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ac1a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b53a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dba298 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ae26 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab337 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5a87c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb032 {
  color: #cbb032;
}
Background
.bg-cbb032 {
  background-color: #cbb032;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb032 {
  border: 2px solid #cbb032;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb032;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 176 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 60% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb032 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb032, #9acb32);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb032 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 176 50 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.40 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.96 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.84 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.93 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.43 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.20 #344fcd Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb032  rgb(203, 176, 50)  hsl(49, 60%, 50%)  Old Gold
#324dcb  rgb(50, 77, 203)  hsl(229, 60%, 50%)  Sapphire
#32cbb0  rgb(50, 203, 176)  hsl(169, 60%, 50%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b032cb  rgb(176, 50, 203)  hsl(289, 60%, 50%)  Dark Orchid