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#CCAE1C

#ccae1c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccae1c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 68.24% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.71% magenta, 86.27% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 49.77°, with 75.86% saturation and 45.49% 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 9.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.72.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4319

Complementary

  1. #ccae1c
  2. #1c3acc

Split complementary

  1. #ccae1c
  2. #1c92cc
  3. #561ccc

Analogous

  1. #cc561c
  2. #ccae1c
  3. #92cc1c

Triadic

  1. #ccae1c
  2. #1cccae
  3. #ae1ccc

Tetradic

  1. #ccae1c
  2. #3acc1c
  3. #1c3acc
  4. #ae1ccc

Square

  1. #ccae1c
  2. #1ccc56
  3. #1c3acc
  4. #cc1c92

Monochromatic

  1. #453b0a
  2. #897513
  3. #ccae1c
  4. #e7cd4e
  5. #f0e091

Shades

#ccae1c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccae1c
  2. #b89d19
  3. #a38b16
  4. #8f7a14
  5. #7a6811
  6. #66570e
  7. #52460b
  8. #3d3408
  9. #292306
  10. #141103
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccae1c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccae1c
  2. #d1b633
  3. #d6be49
  4. #dbc660
  5. #e0ce77
  6. #e6d78e
  7. #ebdfa4
  8. #f0e7bb
  9. #f5efd2
  10. #faf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccae1c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccae1c
  2. #c4a926
  3. #bda530
  4. #b5a03a
  5. #ae9c44
  6. #a6974e
  7. #9e9258
  8. #978e62
  9. #8f896c
  10. #888576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcaf8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b429 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd9f95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab124 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6a577 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccae1c {
  color: #ccae1c;
}
Background
.bg-ccae1c {
  background-color: #ccae1c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccae1c {
  border: 2px solid #ccae1c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccae1c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 174 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 76% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccae1c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccae1c, #92cc1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccae1c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 174 28 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.07 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.83 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.48 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.59 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.82 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.93 #3351e3 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccae1c  rgb(204, 174, 28)  hsl(50, 76%, 45%)  Old Gold
#1c3acc  rgb(28, 58, 204)  hsl(230, 76%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#1cccae  rgb(28, 204, 174)  hsl(170, 76%, 45%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae1ccc  rgb(174, 28, 204)  hsl(290, 76%, 45%)  Dark Orchid