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#CCB520

#ccb520 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccb520 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 70.98% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.27% magenta, 84.31% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 51.98°, with 72.88% saturation and 46.27% 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 10.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.33.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4599

Complementary

  1. #ccb520
  2. #2037cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccb520
  2. #208dcc
  3. #5f20cc

Analogous

  1. #cc5f20
  2. #ccb520
  3. #8dcc20

Triadic

  1. #ccb520
  2. #20ccb5
  3. #b520cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccb520
  2. #37cc20
  3. #2037cc
  4. #b520cc

Square

  1. #ccb520
  2. #20cc5f
  3. #2037cc
  4. #cc208d

Monochromatic

  1. #48400b
  2. #8a7a16
  3. #ccb520
  4. #e4d154
  5. #efe396

Shades

#ccb520 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccb520
  2. #b8a31d
  3. #a3911a
  4. #8f7f16
  5. #7a6d13
  6. #665b10
  7. #52480d
  8. #3d360a
  9. #292406
  10. #141203
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccb520 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccb520
  2. #d1bc36
  3. #d6c44d
  4. #dbcb63
  5. #e0d379
  6. #e6da90
  7. #ebe1a6
  8. #f0e9bc
  9. #f5f0d2
  10. #faf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccb520 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccb520
  2. #c4b02a
  3. #bdaa33
  4. #b5a53d
  5. #aea046
  6. #a69b50
  7. #9e955a
  8. #979063
  9. #8f8b6d
  10. #888576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb591 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb82d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dda79b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdb729 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6ad7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccb520 {
  color: #ccb520;
}
Background
.bg-ccb520 {
  background-color: #ccb520;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccb520 {
  border: 2px solid #ccb520;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccb520;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 181 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 73% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccb520 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccb520, #8dcc20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccb520 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 181 32 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.33 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.83 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.14 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.79 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.00 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.16 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.89 #334adf Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccb520  rgb(204, 181, 32)  hsl(52, 73%, 46%)  Old Gold
#2037cc  rgb(32, 55, 204)  hsl(232, 73%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#20ccb5  rgb(32, 204, 181)  hsl(172, 73%, 46%)  Turquoise
#b520cc  rgb(181, 32, 204)  hsl(292, 73%, 46%)  Dark Orchid