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#CCB726

#ccb726 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccb726 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 71.76% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.29% magenta, 81.37% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 52.41°, with 68.6% saturation and 47.45% 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 10.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.41.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4684

Complementary

  1. #ccb726
  2. #263bcc

Split complementary

  1. #ccb726
  2. #268ecc
  3. #6426cc

Analogous

  1. #cc6426
  2. #ccb726
  3. #8ecc26

Triadic

  1. #ccb726
  2. #26ccb7
  3. #b726cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccb726
  2. #3bcc26
  3. #263bcc
  4. #b726cc

Square

  1. #ccb726
  2. #26cc64
  3. #263bcc
  4. #cc268e

Monochromatic

  1. #4b430e
  2. #8c7d1a
  3. #ccb726
  4. #e1d05e
  5. #ede39e

Shades

#ccb726 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccb726
  2. #b8a522
  3. #a3921e
  4. #8f801b
  5. #7a6e17
  6. #665c13
  7. #52490f
  8. #3d370b
  9. #292508
  10. #141204
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccb726 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccb726
  2. #d1be3c
  3. #d6c551
  4. #dbcd67
  5. #e0d47d
  6. #e6db93
  7. #ebe2a8
  8. #f0e9be
  9. #f5f1d4
  10. #faf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccb726 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccb726
  2. #c4b22f
  3. #bdac38
  4. #b5a741
  5. #aea14a
  6. #a69c53
  7. #9e965c
  8. #979165
  9. #8f8b6e
  10. #888677
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb692 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfba32 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dca99d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cab40f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceb92e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6af7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccb726 {
  color: #ccb726;
}
Background
.bg-ccb726 {
  background-color: #ccb726;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccb726 {
  border: 2px solid #ccb726;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccb726;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 183 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 69% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccb726 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccb726, #8ecc26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccb726 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 183 38 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.91 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.80 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.80 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.35 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.95 #3348d9 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccb726  rgb(204, 183, 38)  hsl(52, 69%, 47%)  Old Gold
#263bcc  rgb(38, 59, 204)  hsl(232, 69%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#26ccb7  rgb(38, 204, 183)  hsl(172, 69%, 47%)  Turquoise
#b726cc  rgb(183, 38, 204)  hsl(292, 69%, 47%)  Dark Orchid