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#CCB33E

#ccb33e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccb33e 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 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.25% magenta, 69.61% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 49.44°, with 58.2% saturation and 52.16% 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 10.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 0.81.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4543

Complementary

  1. #ccb33e
  2. #3e57cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccb33e
  2. #3e9ecc
  3. #6c3ecc

Analogous

  1. #cc6c3e
  2. #ccb33e
  3. #9ecc3e

Triadic

  1. #ccb33e
  2. #3eccb3
  3. #b33ecc

Tetradic

  1. #ccb33e
  2. #57cc3e
  3. #3e57cc
  4. #b33ecc

Square

  1. #ccb33e
  2. #3ecc6c
  3. #3e57cc
  4. #cc3e9e

Monochromatic

  1. #594e18
  2. #968228
  3. #ccb33e
  4. #dccb7b
  5. #ece3b7

Shades

#ccb33e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccb33e
  2. #b8a138
  3. #a38f32
  4. #8f7d2b
  5. #7a6b25
  6. #665a1f
  7. #524819
  8. #3d3613
  9. #29240c
  10. #141206
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccb33e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccb33e
  2. #d1bb51
  3. #d6c265
  4. #dbca78
  5. #e0d18b
  6. #e6d99f
  7. #ebe1b2
  8. #f0e8c5
  9. #f5f0d8
  10. #faf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccb33e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccb33e
  2. #c4ae45
  3. #bda94b
  4. #b5a452
  5. #ae9f58
  6. #a69a5f
  7. #9e9466
  8. #978f6c
  9. #8f8a73
  10. #888579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb393 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5af2d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb745 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dca69b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8b135 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccb642 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6ab80 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccb33e {
  color: #ccb33e;
}
Background
.bg-ccb33e {
  background-color: #ccb33e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccb33e {
  border: 2px solid #ccb33e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccb33e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 179 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 58% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccb33e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccb33e, #9ecc3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccb33e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 179 62 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 0.81 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.42 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.80 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.32 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.08 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.97 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.13 #334cc1 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccb33e  rgb(204, 179, 62)  hsl(49, 58%, 52%)  Old Gold
#3e57cc  rgb(62, 87, 204)  hsl(229, 58%, 52%)  Sapphire
#3eccb3  rgb(62, 204, 179)  hsl(169, 58%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b33ecc  rgb(179, 62, 204)  hsl(289, 58%, 52%)  Medium Orchid