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#CBB40B

#cbb40b ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cbb40b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 70.59% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.33% magenta, 94.58% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 52.81°, with 89.72% saturation and 41.96% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.13.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.4536

Complementary

  1. #cbb40b
  2. #0b22cb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb40b
  2. #0b82cb
  3. #540bcb

Analogous

  1. #cb540b
  2. #cbb40b
  3. #82cb0b

Triadic

  1. #cbb40b
  2. #0bcbb4
  3. #b40bcb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb40b
  2. #22cb0b
  3. #0b22cb
  4. #b40bcb

Square

  1. #cbb40b
  2. #0bcb54
  3. #0b22cb
  4. #cb0b82

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3303
  2. #827407
  3. #cbb40b
  4. #f4dc2f
  5. #f8e877

Shades

#cbb40b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb40b
  2. #b7a20a
  3. #a29009
  4. #8e7e08
  5. #7a6c07
  6. #665a06
  7. #514804
  8. #3d3603
  9. #292402
  10. #141201
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb40b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb40b
  2. #d0bc23
  3. #d5c33c
  4. #dbcb54
  5. #e0d26d
  6. #e5da85
  7. #eae19d
  8. #efe9b6
  9. #f5f0ce
  10. #faf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb40b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb40b
  2. #c4af17
  3. #bcaa22
  4. #b5a42e
  5. #ad9f3a
  6. #a69a46
  7. #9e9551
  8. #97905d
  9. #8f8a69
  10. #888574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb48f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb722 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dca599 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9b100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccb61b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5ab7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb40b {
  color: #cbb40b;
}
Background
.bg-cbb40b {
  background-color: #cbb40b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb40b {
  border: 2px solid #cbb40b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb40b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 180 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 90% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb40b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb40b, #82cb0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb40b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 180 11 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.13 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.25 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.91 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.19 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.20 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.37 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.97 #344bf4 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb40b  rgb(203, 180, 11)  hsl(53, 90%, 42%)  Old Gold
#0b22cb  rgb(11, 34, 203)  hsl(233, 90%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#0bcbb4  rgb(11, 203, 180)  hsl(173, 90%, 42%)  Turquoise
#b40bcb  rgb(180, 11, 203)  hsl(293, 90%, 42%)  Dark Orchid