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#CCB32A

#ccb32a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccb32a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 70.2% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.25% magenta, 79.41% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 50.74°, with 65.85% saturation and 48.24% 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 10.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.49.

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Relative luminance0.4524

Complementary

  1. #ccb32a
  2. #2a43cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccb32a
  2. #2a94cc
  3. #622acc

Analogous

  1. #cc622a
  2. #ccb32a
  3. #94cc2a

Triadic

  1. #ccb32a
  2. #2accb3
  3. #b32acc

Tetradic

  1. #ccb32a
  2. #43cc2a
  3. #2a43cc
  4. #b32acc

Square

  1. #ccb32a
  2. #2acc62
  3. #2a43cc
  4. #cc2a94

Monochromatic

  1. #4d4410
  2. #8d7b1d
  3. #ccb32a
  4. #dfcc64
  5. #ece1a3

Shades

#ccb32a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccb32a
  2. #b8a126
  3. #a38f22
  4. #8f7d1d
  5. #7a6b19
  6. #665a15
  7. #524811
  8. #3d360d
  9. #292408
  10. #141204
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccb32a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccb32a
  2. #d1bb3f
  3. #d6c255
  4. #dbca6a
  5. #e0d17f
  6. #e6d995
  7. #ebe1aa
  8. #f0e8bf
  9. #f5f0d4
  10. #faf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccb32a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccb32a
  2. #c4ae33
  3. #bda93b
  4. #b5a444
  5. #ae9f4c
  6. #a69a55
  7. #9e945e
  8. #978f66
  9. #8f8a6f
  10. #888577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb390 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6ae01 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb734 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dda59a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8b019 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccb530 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6ab7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccb32a {
  color: #ccb32a;
}
Background
.bg-ccb32a {
  background-color: #ccb32a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccb32a {
  border: 2px solid #ccb32a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccb32a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 179 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 66% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccb32a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccb32a, #94cc2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccb32a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 179 42 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.49 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.88 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.44 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.18 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.36 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.96 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.00 #334cd5 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccb32a  rgb(204, 179, 42)  hsl(51, 66%, 48%)  Old Gold
#2a43cc  rgb(42, 67, 204)  hsl(231, 66%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#2accb3  rgb(42, 204, 179)  hsl(171, 66%, 48%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b32acc  rgb(179, 42, 204)  hsl(291, 66%, 48%)  Dark Orchid