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#CBB146

#cbb146 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb146 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 69.41% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.81% magenta, 65.52% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 48.27°, with 56.12% saturation and 53.53% 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 9.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.96.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4458

Complementary

  1. #cbb146
  2. #4660cb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb146
  2. #46a3cb
  3. #6e46cb

Analogous

  1. #cb6e46
  2. #cbb146
  3. #a3cb46

Triadic

  1. #cbb146
  2. #46cbb1
  3. #b146cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb146
  2. #60cb46
  3. #4660cb
  4. #b146cb

Square

  1. #cbb146
  2. #46cb6e
  3. #4660cb
  4. #cb46a3

Monochromatic

  1. #5e511a
  2. #99842b
  3. #cbb146
  4. #dcca82
  5. #ede3bd

Shades

#cbb146 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb146
  2. #b79f3f
  3. #a28e38
  4. #8e7c31
  5. #7a6a2a
  6. #665923
  7. #51471c
  8. #3d3515
  9. #29230e
  10. #141207
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb146 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb146
  2. #d0b959
  3. #d5c16b
  4. #dbc87e
  5. #e0d090
  6. #e5d8a3
  7. #eae0b5
  8. #efe8c8
  9. #f5efda
  10. #faf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb146 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb146
  2. #c4ac4c
  3. #bca752
  4. #b5a257
  5. #ad9d5d
  6. #a69963
  7. #9e9469
  8. #978f6f
  9. #8f8a74
  10. #88857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb293 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ad39 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b64b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dba49a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6af3f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab449 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5a981 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb146 {
  color: #cbb146;
}
Background
.bg-cbb146 {
  background-color: #cbb146;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb146 {
  border: 2px solid #cbb146;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb146;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 177 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 56% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb146 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb146, #a3cb46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb146 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 177 70 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.96 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.09 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.26 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.87 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.06 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.46 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.77 #344eb9 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb146  rgb(203, 177, 70)  hsl(48, 56%, 54%)  Old Gold
#4660cb  rgb(70, 96, 203)  hsl(228, 56%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#46cbb1  rgb(70, 203, 177)  hsl(168, 56%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b146cb  rgb(177, 70, 203)  hsl(288, 56%, 54%)  Medium Orchid