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#CBB231

#cbb231 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb231 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 69.8% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.32% magenta, 75.86% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 50.26°, with 61.11% saturation and 49.41% 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 9.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.13.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4476

Complementary

  1. #cbb231
  2. #314acb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb231
  2. #3197cb
  3. #6531cb

Analogous

  1. #cb6531
  2. #cbb231
  3. #97cb31

Triadic

  1. #cbb231
  2. #31cbb2
  3. #b231cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb231
  2. #4acb31
  3. #314acb
  4. #b231cb

Square

  1. #cbb231
  2. #31cb65
  3. #314acb
  4. #cb3197

Monochromatic

  1. #504613
  2. #8d7c22
  3. #cbb231
  4. #dcca6d
  5. #ebe0aa

Shades

#cbb231 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb231
  2. #b7a02c
  3. #a28e27
  4. #8e7d22
  5. #7a6b1d
  6. #665919
  7. #514714
  8. #3d350f
  9. #29240a
  10. #141205
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb231 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb231
  2. #d0ba46
  3. #d5c15a
  4. #dbc96f
  5. #e0d183
  6. #e5d998
  7. #eae0ad
  8. #efe8c1
  9. #f5f0d6
  10. #faf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb231 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb231
  2. #c4ad39
  3. #bca841
  4. #b5a349
  5. #ad9e51
  6. #a69959
  7. #9e9460
  8. #978f68
  9. #8f8a70
  10. #888578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb290 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ae17 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb63a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dba499 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7af24 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb436 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5aa7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb231 {
  color: #cbb231;
}
Background
.bg-cbb231 {
  background-color: #cbb231;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb231 {
  border: 2px solid #cbb231;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb231;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 178 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 61% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb231 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb231, #97cb31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb231 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 178 49 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.13 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.60 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.83 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.63 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.30 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.13 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.23 #344dce Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb231  rgb(203, 178, 49)  hsl(50, 61%, 49%)  Old Gold
#314acb  rgb(49, 74, 203)  hsl(230, 61%, 49%)  Iris
#31cbb2  rgb(49, 203, 178)  hsl(170, 61%, 49%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b231cb  rgb(178, 49, 203)  hsl(290, 61%, 49%)  Dark Orchid