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#CCB608

#ccb608 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccb608 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 71.37% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.78% magenta, 96.08% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 53.27°, 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 10.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.37.

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Relative luminance0.4631

Complementary

  1. #ccb608
  2. #081ecc

Split complementary

  1. #ccb608
  2. #0880cc
  3. #5408cc

Analogous

  1. #cc5408
  2. #ccb608
  3. #80cc08

Triadic

  1. #ccb608
  2. #08ccb6
  3. #b608cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccb608
  2. #1ecc08
  3. #081ecc
  4. #b608cc

Square

  1. #ccb608
  2. #08cc54
  3. #081ecc
  4. #cc0880

Monochromatic

  1. #393302
  2. #827405
  3. #ccb608
  4. #f7e02a
  5. #faea73

Shades

#ccb608 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccb608
  2. #b8a407
  3. #a39206
  4. #8f7f06
  5. #7a6d05
  6. #665b04
  7. #524903
  8. #3d3702
  9. #292402
  10. #141201
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccb608 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccb608
  2. #d1bd21
  3. #d6c539
  4. #dbcc52
  5. #e0d36b
  6. #e6db84
  7. #ebe29c
  8. #f0e9b5
  9. #f5f0ce
  10. #faf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccb608 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccb608
  2. #c4b114
  3. #bdab20
  4. #b5a62c
  5. #aea038
  6. #a69b44
  7. #9e9650
  8. #97905c
  9. #8f8b68
  10. #888574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb690 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb921 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dda79b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cab300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceb81a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6ad7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccb608 {
  color: #ccb608;
}
Background
.bg-ccb608 {
  background-color: #ccb608;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccb608 {
  border: 2px solid #ccb608;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccb608;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 182 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccb608 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccb608, #80cc08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccb608 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 182 8 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.66 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.64 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.11 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.57 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.59 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.73 #3349f7 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccb608  rgb(204, 182, 8)  hsl(53, 92%, 42%)  Old Gold
#081ecc  rgb(8, 30, 204)  hsl(233, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#08ccb6  rgb(8, 204, 182)  hsl(173, 92%, 42%)  Turquoise
#b608cc  rgb(182, 8, 204)  hsl(293, 92%, 42%)  Dark Orchid