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#CBB34A

#cbb34a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb34a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 70.2% green and 29.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.82% magenta, 63.55% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 48.84°, with 55.36% saturation and 54.31% 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 10.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.04.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.4543

Complementary

  1. #cbb34a
  2. #4a62cb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb34a
  2. #4aa2cb
  3. #724acb

Analogous

  1. #cb724a
  2. #cbb34a
  3. #a2cb4a

Triadic

  1. #cbb34a
  2. #4acbb3
  3. #b34acb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb34a
  2. #62cb4a
  3. #4a62cb
  4. #b34acb

Square

  1. #cbb34a
  2. #4acb72
  3. #4a62cb
  4. #cb4aa2

Monochromatic

  1. #60541c
  2. #9c872d
  3. #cbb34a
  4. #dccc85
  5. #ede5c1

Shades

#cbb34a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb34a
  2. #b7a143
  3. #a28f3b
  4. #8e7d34
  5. #7a6b2c
  6. #665a25
  7. #51481e
  8. #3d3616
  9. #29240f
  10. #141207
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb34a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb34a
  2. #d0bb5c
  3. #d5c26e
  4. #dbca80
  5. #e0d192
  6. #e5d9a5
  7. #eae1b7
  8. #efe8c9
  9. #f5f0db
  10. #faf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb34a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb34a
  2. #c4ae4f
  3. #bca955
  4. #b5a45a
  5. #ad9f60
  6. #a69a65
  7. #9e946a
  8. #978f70
  9. #8f8a75
  10. #88857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb395 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4af3e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab74f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daa69d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7b143 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb54d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4ac83 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb34a {
  color: #cbb34a;
}
Background
.bg-cbb34a {
  background-color: #cbb34a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb34a {
  border: 2px solid #cbb34a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb34a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 179 74;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 55% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb34a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb34a, #a2cb4a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb34a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 179 74 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.53 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.90 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.87 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.45 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.84 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.47 #344cb5 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb34a  rgb(203, 179, 74)  hsl(49, 55%, 54%)  Old Gold
#4a62cb  rgb(74, 98, 203)  hsl(229, 55%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#4acbb3  rgb(74, 203, 179)  hsl(169, 55%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b34acb  rgb(179, 74, 203)  hsl(289, 55%, 54%)  Medium Orchid