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#CCAE09

#ccae09 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccae09 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 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.71% magenta, 95.59% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 50.77°, with 91.55% saturation and 41.76% 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 9.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.28.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4313

Complementary

  1. #ccae09
  2. #0927cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccae09
  2. #0988cc
  3. #4c09cc

Analogous

  1. #cc4c09
  2. #ccae09
  3. #88cc09

Triadic

  1. #ccae09
  2. #09ccae
  3. #ae09cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccae09
  2. #27cc09
  3. #0927cc
  4. #ae09cc

Square

  1. #ccae09
  2. #09cc4c
  3. #0927cc
  4. #cc0988

Monochromatic

  1. #393103
  2. #836f06
  3. #ccae09
  4. #f6d72c
  5. #f9e575

Shades

#ccae09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccae09
  2. #b89d08
  3. #a38b07
  4. #8f7a06
  5. #7a6805
  6. #665705
  7. #524604
  8. #3d3403
  9. #292302
  10. #141101
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccae09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccae09
  2. #d1b622
  3. #d6be3a
  4. #dbc653
  5. #e0ce6b
  6. #e6d784
  7. #ebdf9d
  8. #f0e7b5
  9. #f5efce
  10. #faf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccae09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccae09
  2. #c4a915
  3. #bda521
  4. #b5a02d
  5. #ae9c39
  6. #a69745
  7. #9e9250
  8. #978e5c
  9. #8f8968
  10. #888574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.63:1 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 #c9b41f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd9f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab118 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a575 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccae09 {
  color: #ccae09;
}
Background
.bg-ccae09 {
  background-color: #ccae09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccae09 {
  border: 2px solid #ccae09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccae09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 174 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccae09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccae09, #88cc09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccae09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 174 9 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.28 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.66 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.15 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.08 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.09 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.14 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.98 #3351f6 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccae09  rgb(204, 174, 9)  hsl(51, 92%, 42%)  Old Gold
#0927cc  rgb(9, 39, 204)  hsl(231, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#09ccae  rgb(9, 204, 174)  hsl(171, 92%, 42%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae09cc  rgb(174, 9, 204)  hsl(291, 92%, 42%)  Dark Orchid