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#CBB73A

#cbb73a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb73a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 71.76% green and 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.85% magenta, 71.43% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 51.72°, with 58.23% saturation and 51.18% 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 10.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.73.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4687

Complementary

  1. #cbb73a
  2. #3a4ecb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb73a
  2. #3a97cb
  3. #6f3acb

Analogous

  1. #cb6f3a
  2. #cbb73a
  3. #97cb3a

Triadic

  1. #cbb73a
  2. #3acbb7
  3. #b73acb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb73a
  2. #4ecb3a
  3. #3a4ecb
  4. #b73acb

Square

  1. #cbb73a
  2. #3acb6f
  3. #3a4ecb
  4. #cb3a97

Monochromatic

  1. #554d17
  2. #928327
  3. #cbb73a
  4. #dbcd77
  5. #ebe3b3

Shades

#cbb73a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb73a
  2. #b7a534
  3. #a2922e
  4. #8e8029
  5. #7a6e23
  6. #665c1d
  7. #514917
  8. #3d3711
  9. #29250c
  10. #141206
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb73a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb73a
  2. #d0be4e
  3. #d5c561
  4. #dbcd75
  5. #e0d489
  6. #e5db9d
  7. #eae2b0
  8. #efe9c4
  9. #f5f1d8
  10. #faf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb73a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb73a
  2. #c4b241
  3. #bcac48
  4. #b5a74f
  5. #ada156
  6. #a69c5d
  7. #9e9664
  8. #97916b
  9. #8f8b72
  10. #888679
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb694 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b226 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb942 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dbaa9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9b42f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdb83f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5af82 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb73a {
  color: #cbb73a;
}
Background
.bg-cbb73a {
  background-color: #cbb73a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb73a {
  border: 2px solid #cbb73a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb73a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 183 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 58% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb73a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb73a, #97cb3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb73a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 183 58 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.73 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.30 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.06 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.80 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.29 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.62 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.84 #3448c5 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb73a  rgb(203, 183, 58)  hsl(52, 58%, 51%)  Old Gold
#3a4ecb  rgb(58, 78, 203)  hsl(232, 58%, 51%)  Iris
#3acbb7  rgb(58, 203, 183)  hsl(172, 58%, 51%)  Turquoise
#b73acb  rgb(183, 58, 203)  hsl(292, 58%, 51%)  Medium Orchid