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#CBB41F

#cbb41f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb41f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 70.59% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.33% magenta, 84.73% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 51.98°, with 73.5% saturation and 45.88% 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 2.35.

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Relative luminance0.4544

Complementary

  1. #cbb41f
  2. #1f36cb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb41f
  2. #1f8ccb
  3. #5e1fcb

Analogous

  1. #cb5e1f
  2. #cbb41f
  3. #8ccb1f

Triadic

  1. #cbb41f
  2. #1fcbb4
  3. #b41fcb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb41f
  2. #36cb1f
  3. #1f36cb
  4. #b41fcb

Square

  1. #cbb41f
  2. #1fcb5e
  3. #1f36cb
  4. #cb1f8c

Monochromatic

  1. #463e0b
  2. #897915
  3. #cbb41f
  4. #e5d152
  5. #efe394

Shades

#cbb41f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb41f
  2. #b7a21c
  3. #a29019
  4. #8e7e16
  5. #7a6c13
  6. #665a10
  7. #51480c
  8. #3d3609
  9. #292406
  10. #141203
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb41f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb41f
  2. #d0bc35
  3. #d5c34c
  4. #dbcb62
  5. #e0d279
  6. #e5da8f
  7. #eae1a5
  8. #efe9bc
  9. #f5f0d2
  10. #faf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb41f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb41f
  2. #c4af29
  3. #bcaa32
  4. #b5a43c
  5. #ad9f46
  6. #a69a50
  7. #9e9559
  8. #979063
  9. #8f8a6d
  10. #888576
  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 #bdb490 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb72d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dca69a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8b100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccb628 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5ac7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb41f {
  color: #cbb41f;
}
Background
.bg-cbb41f {
  background-color: #cbb41f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb41f {
  border: 2px solid #cbb41f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb41f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 180 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 74% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb41f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb41f, #8ccb1f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb41f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 180 31 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.35 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.78 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.10 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.60 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.06 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.42 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.10 #344be0 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb41f  rgb(203, 180, 31)  hsl(52, 74%, 46%)  Old Gold
#1f36cb  rgb(31, 54, 203)  hsl(232, 74%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#1fcbb4  rgb(31, 203, 180)  hsl(172, 74%, 46%)  Turquoise
#b41fcb  rgb(180, 31, 203)  hsl(292, 74%, 46%)  Dark Orchid