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#CCAE25

#ccae25 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccae25 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 14.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.71% magenta, 81.86% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 49.22°, with 69.29% saturation and 47.25% 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 9.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.39.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4324

Complementary

  1. #ccae25
  2. #2543cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccae25
  2. #2596cc
  3. #5a25cc

Analogous

  1. #cc5a25
  2. #ccae25
  3. #96cc25

Triadic

  1. #ccae25
  2. #25ccae
  3. #ae25cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccae25
  2. #43cc25
  3. #2543cc
  4. #ae25cc

Square

  1. #ccae25
  2. #25cc5a
  3. #2543cc
  4. #cc2596

Monochromatic

  1. #4a400e
  2. #8b7719
  3. #ccae25
  4. #e1c95c
  5. #eddf9d

Shades

#ccae25 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccae25
  2. #b89d21
  3. #a38b1e
  4. #8f7a1a
  5. #7a6816
  6. #665713
  7. #52460f
  8. #3d340b
  9. #292307
  10. #141104
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccae25 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccae25
  2. #d1b63b
  3. #d6be51
  4. #dbc666
  5. #e0ce7c
  6. #e6d792
  7. #ebdfa8
  8. #f0e7be
  9. #f5efd3
  10. #faf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccae25 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccae25
  2. #c4a92e
  3. #bda537
  4. #b5a040
  5. #ae9c49
  6. #a69753
  7. #9e925c
  8. #978e65
  9. #8f896e
  10. #888577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcaf8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b42f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dda095 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ac11 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab12c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6a678 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccae25 {
  color: #ccae25;
}
Background
.bg-ccae25 {
  background-color: #ccae25;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccae25 {
  border: 2px solid #ccae25;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccae25;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 174 37;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 69% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccae25 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccae25, #96cc25);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccae25 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 174 37 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.68 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.63 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.01 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.25 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.67 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.93 #3351da Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccae25  rgb(204, 174, 37)  hsl(49, 69%, 47%)  Old Gold
#2543cc  rgb(37, 67, 204)  hsl(229, 69%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#25ccae  rgb(37, 204, 174)  hsl(169, 69%, 47%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae25cc  rgb(174, 37, 204)  hsl(289, 69%, 47%)  Dark Orchid