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#CBBD45

#cbbd45 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbbd45 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 74.12% green and 27.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.9% magenta, 66.01% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 53.73°, with 56.3% saturation and 53.33% 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 10.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.7.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4952

Complementary

  1. #cbbd45
  2. #4553cb

Split complementary

  1. #cbbd45
  2. #4596cb
  3. #7a45cb

Analogous

  1. #cb7a45
  2. #cbbd45
  3. #96cb45

Triadic

  1. #cbbd45
  2. #45cbbd
  3. #bd45cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbbd45
  2. #53cb45
  3. #4553cb
  4. #bd45cb

Square

  1. #cbbd45
  2. #45cb7a
  3. #4553cb
  4. #cb4596

Monochromatic

  1. #5d561a
  2. #998d2b
  3. #cbbd45
  4. #dcd281
  5. #ece7bd

Shades

#cbbd45 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbbd45
  2. #b7aa3e
  3. #a29737
  4. #8e8430
  5. #7a7129
  6. #665f23
  7. #514c1c
  8. #3d3915
  9. #29260e
  10. #141307
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbbd45 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbbd45
  2. #d0c458
  3. #d5ca6a
  4. #dbd17d
  5. #e0d78f
  6. #e5dea2
  7. #eae5b5
  8. #efebc7
  9. #f5f2da
  10. #faf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbbd45 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbbd45
  2. #c4b74b
  3. #bcb151
  4. #b5ab57
  5. #ada55d
  6. #a69f63
  7. #9e9868
  8. #97926e
  9. #8f8c74
  10. #88867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1bc9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb735 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2be4c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dab0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdba3c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfbd49 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4b688 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbbd45 {
  color: #cbbd45;
}
Background
.bg-cbbd45 {
  background-color: #cbbd45;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbbd45 {
  border: 2px solid #cbbd45;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbbd45;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 189 69;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 56% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbbd45 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbbd45, #96cb45);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbbd45 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 189 69 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.70 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.47 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.63 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.00 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.15 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.21 #3442ba Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbbd45  rgb(203, 189, 69)  hsl(54, 56%, 53%)  Old Gold
#4553cb  rgb(69, 83, 203)  hsl(234, 56%, 53%)  Iris
#45cbbd  rgb(69, 203, 189)  hsl(174, 56%, 53%)  Medium Turquoise
#bd45cb  rgb(189, 69, 203)  hsl(294, 56%, 53%)  Medium Orchid