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#CBB91E

#cbb91e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb91e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 72.55% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.87% magenta, 85.22% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 53.76°, with 74.25% saturation and 45.69% 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 10.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.43.

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Relative luminance0.4749

Complementary

  1. #cbb91e
  2. #1e30cb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb91e
  2. #1e87cb
  3. #631ecb

Analogous

  1. #cb631e
  2. #cbb91e
  3. #87cb1e

Triadic

  1. #cbb91e
  2. #1ecbb9
  3. #b91ecb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb91e
  2. #30cb1e
  3. #1e30cb
  4. #b91ecb

Square

  1. #cbb91e
  2. #1ecb63
  3. #1e30cb
  4. #cb1e87

Monochromatic

  1. #46400a
  2. #887c14
  3. #cbb91e
  4. #e5d650
  5. #efe593

Shades

#cbb91e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb91e
  2. #b7a71b
  3. #a29418
  4. #8e8215
  5. #7a6f12
  6. #665d0f
  7. #514a0c
  8. #3d3809
  9. #292506
  10. #141303
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb91e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb91e
  2. #d0c035
  3. #d5c74b
  4. #dbce62
  5. #e0d578
  6. #e5dc8f
  7. #eae3a5
  8. #efeabc
  9. #f5f1d2
  10. #faf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb91e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb91e
  2. #c4b328
  3. #bcae32
  4. #b5a83b
  5. #ada245
  6. #a69d4f
  7. #9e9759
  8. #979163
  9. #8f8b6c
  10. #888676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb893 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bb2d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dbab9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbb500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceba28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5b17f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb91e {
  color: #cbb91e;
}
Background
.bg-cbb91e {
  background-color: #cbb91e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb91e {
  border: 2px solid #cbb91e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb91e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 185 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 74% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb91e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb91e, #87cb1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb91e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 185 30 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.43 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.22 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.34 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.56 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.35 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.12 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.24 #3446e1 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb91e  rgb(203, 185, 30)  hsl(54, 74%, 46%)  Old Gold
#1e30cb  rgb(30, 48, 203)  hsl(234, 74%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#1ecbb9  rgb(30, 203, 185)  hsl(174, 74%, 46%)  Medium Turquoise
#b91ecb  rgb(185, 30, 203)  hsl(294, 74%, 46%)  Dark Orchid