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#CCAE01

#ccae01 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccae01 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 68.24% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.71% magenta, 99.51% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 51.13°, with 99.02% saturation and 40.2% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.45.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4311

Complementary

  1. #ccae01
  2. #011fcc

Split complementary

  1. #ccae01
  2. #0185cc
  3. #4801cc

Analogous

  1. #cc4801
  2. #ccae01
  3. #85cc01

Triadic

  1. #ccae01
  2. #01ccae
  3. #ae01cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccae01
  2. #1fcc01
  3. #011fcc
  4. #ae01cc

Square

  1. #ccae01
  2. #01cc48
  3. #011fcc
  4. #cc0185

Monochromatic

  1. #342c00
  2. #806d01
  3. #ccae01
  4. #fedc1c
  5. #fee868

Shades

#ccae01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccae01
  2. #b89d01
  3. #a38b01
  4. #8f7a01
  5. #7a6801
  6. #665701
  7. #524600
  8. #3d3400
  9. #292300
  10. #141100
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccae01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccae01
  2. #d1b61a
  3. #d6be34
  4. #dbc64d
  5. #e0ce67
  6. #e6d780
  7. #ebdf99
  8. #f0e7b3
  9. #f5efcc
  10. #faf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccae01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccae01
  2. #c4a90e
  3. #bda51a
  4. #b5a027
  5. #ae9c34
  6. #a69741
  7. #9e924d
  8. #978e5a
  9. #8f8967
  10. #888573
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcaf8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b41c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd9f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab114 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a575 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccae01 {
  color: #ccae01;
}
Background
.bg-ccae01 {
  background-color: #ccae01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccae01 {
  border: 2px solid #ccae01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccae01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 174 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 99% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccae01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccae01, #85cc01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccae01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 174 1 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.45 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.83 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.26 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.16 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.24 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.33 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.00 #3351fe Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccae01  rgb(204, 174, 1)  hsl(51, 99%, 40%)  Old Gold
#011fcc  rgb(1, 31, 204)  hsl(231, 99%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#01ccae  rgb(1, 204, 174)  hsl(171, 99%, 40%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae01cc  rgb(174, 1, 204)  hsl(291, 99%, 40%)  Dark Orchid