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#CCB008

#ccb008 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccb008 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 69.02% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 96.08% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 51.43°, with 92.45% saturation and 41.57% 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 9.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.09.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4391

Complementary

  1. #ccb008
  2. #0824cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccb008
  2. #0886cc
  3. #4e08cc

Analogous

  1. #cc4e08
  2. #ccb008
  3. #86cc08

Triadic

  1. #ccb008
  2. #08ccb0
  3. #b008cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccb008
  2. #24cc08
  3. #0824cc
  4. #b008cc

Square

  1. #ccb008
  2. #08cc4e
  3. #0824cc
  4. #cc0886

Monochromatic

  1. #393102
  2. #827005
  3. #ccb008
  4. #f7d92a
  5. #fae673

Shades

#ccb008 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccb008
  2. #b89e07
  3. #a38d06
  4. #8f7b06
  5. #7a6a05
  6. #665804
  7. #524603
  8. #3d3502
  9. #292302
  10. #141201
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccb008 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccb008
  2. #d1b821
  3. #d6c039
  4. #dbc852
  5. #e0d06b
  6. #e6d884
  7. #ebdf9c
  8. #f0e7b5
  9. #f5efce
  10. #faf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccb008 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccb008
  2. #c4ab14
  3. #bda620
  4. #b5a22c
  5. #ae9d38
  6. #a69844
  7. #9e9350
  8. #978e5c
  9. #8f8a68
  10. #888574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb18d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb51f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dda196 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7ad00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb318 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a777 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccb008 {
  color: #ccb008;
}
Background
.bg-ccb008 {
  background-color: #ccb008;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccb008 {
  border: 2px solid #ccb008;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccb008;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 176 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccb008 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccb008, #86cc08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccb008 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 176 8 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.09 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.09 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.44 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.05 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.12 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.98 #334ff7 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccb008  rgb(204, 176, 8)  hsl(51, 92%, 42%)  Old Gold
#0824cc  rgb(8, 36, 204)  hsl(231, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#08ccb0  rgb(8, 204, 176)  hsl(171, 92%, 42%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b008cc  rgb(176, 8, 204)  hsl(291, 92%, 42%)  Dark Orchid