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#CCAE07

#ccae07 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccae07 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 2.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.71% magenta, 96.57% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 50.86°, with 93.36% saturation and 41.37% 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 3.32.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4312

Complementary

  1. #ccae07
  2. #0725cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccae07
  2. #0787cc
  3. #4b07cc

Analogous

  1. #cc4b07
  2. #ccae07
  3. #87cc07

Triadic

  1. #ccae07
  2. #07ccae
  3. #ae07cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccae07
  2. #25cc07
  3. #0725cc
  4. #ae07cc

Square

  1. #ccae07
  2. #07cc4b
  3. #0725cc
  4. #cc0787

Monochromatic

  1. #383002
  2. #826f04
  3. #ccae07
  4. #f8d828
  5. #fae572

Shades

#ccae07 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccae07
  2. #b89d06
  3. #a38b06
  4. #8f7a05
  5. #7a6804
  6. #665704
  7. #524603
  8. #3d3402
  9. #292301
  10. #141101
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccae07 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccae07
  2. #d1b620
  3. #d6be39
  4. #dbc651
  5. #e0ce6a
  6. #e6d783
  7. #ebdf9c
  8. #f0e7b5
  9. #f5efcd
  10. #faf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccae07 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccae07
  2. #c4a913
  3. #bda51f
  4. #b5a02b
  5. #ae9c37
  6. #a69744
  7. #9e9250
  8. #978e5c
  9. #8f8968
  10. #888574
  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 #c9b41e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd9f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab117 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a575 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccae07 {
  color: #ccae07;
}
Background
.bg-ccae07 {
  background-color: #ccae07;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccae07 {
  border: 2px solid #ccae07;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccae07;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 174 7;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 93% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccae07 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccae07, #87cc07);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccae07 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 174 7 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.70 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.18 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.10 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.12 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.18 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.98 #3351f8 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccae07  rgb(204, 174, 7)  hsl(51, 93%, 41%)  Old Gold
#0725cc  rgb(7, 37, 204)  hsl(231, 93%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#07ccae  rgb(7, 204, 174)  hsl(171, 93%, 41%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae07cc  rgb(174, 7, 204)  hsl(291, 93%, 41%)  Dark Orchid