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#CBB83E

#cbb83e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb83e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 72.16% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.36% magenta, 69.46% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 51.91°, with 57.55% saturation and 51.96% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.01.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4733

Complementary

  1. #cbb83e
  2. #3e51cb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb83e
  2. #3e98cb
  3. #713ecb

Analogous

  1. #cb713e
  2. #cbb83e
  3. #98cb3e

Triadic

  1. #cbb83e
  2. #3ecbb8
  3. #b83ecb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb83e
  2. #51cb3e
  3. #3e51cb
  4. #b83ecb

Square

  1. #cbb83e
  2. #3ecb71
  3. #3e51cb
  4. #cb3e98

Monochromatic

  1. #585018
  2. #948628
  3. #cbb83e
  4. #dbce7a
  5. #ebe4b7

Shades

#cbb83e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb83e
  2. #b7a638
  3. #a29332
  4. #8e812b
  5. #7a6e25
  6. #665c1f
  7. #514a19
  8. #3d3713
  9. #29250c
  10. #141206
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb83e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb83e
  2. #d0bf51
  3. #d5c665
  4. #dbcd78
  5. #e0d48b
  6. #e5dc9f
  7. #eae3b2
  8. #efeac5
  9. #f5f1d8
  10. #faf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb83e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb83e
  2. #c4b245
  3. #bcad4b
  4. #b5a752
  5. #ada258
  6. #a69c5f
  7. #9e9666
  8. #97916c
  9. #8f8b73
  10. #888679
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb796 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b32c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfba45 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daab9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cab534 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdb943 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4b083 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb83e {
  color: #cbb83e;
}
Background
.bg-cbb83e {
  background-color: #cbb83e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb83e {
  border: 2px solid #cbb83e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb83e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 184 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 58% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb83e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb83e, #98cb3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb83e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 184 62 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.01 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.06 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.35 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.81 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.51 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.63 #3447c1 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb83e  rgb(203, 184, 62)  hsl(52, 58%, 52%)  Old Gold
#3e51cb  rgb(62, 81, 203)  hsl(232, 58%, 52%)  Iris
#3ecbb8  rgb(62, 203, 184)  hsl(172, 58%, 52%)  Medium Turquoise
#b83ecb  rgb(184, 62, 203)  hsl(292, 58%, 52%)  Medium Orchid