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#CCBA12

#ccba12 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccba12 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 72.94% green and 7.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.82% magenta, 91.18% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 54.19°, with 83.78% saturation and 43.53% 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 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.93.

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Relative luminance0.48

Complementary

  1. #ccba12
  2. #1224cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccba12
  2. #1281cc
  3. #5d12cc

Analogous

  1. #cc5d12
  2. #ccba12
  3. #81cc12

Triadic

  1. #ccba12
  2. #12ccba
  3. #ba12cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccba12
  2. #24cc12
  3. #1224cc
  4. #ba12cc

Square

  1. #ccba12
  2. #12cc5d
  3. #1224cc
  4. #cc1281

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3a06
  2. #867a0c
  3. #ccba12
  4. #eedd3d
  5. #f4e983

Shades

#ccba12 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccba12
  2. #b8a710
  3. #a3950e
  4. #8f820d
  5. #7a700b
  6. #665d09
  7. #524a07
  8. #3d3805
  9. #292504
  10. #141302
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccba12 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccba12
  2. #d1c12a
  3. #d6c841
  4. #dbcf59
  5. #e0d671
  6. #e6dd89
  7. #ebe3a0
  8. #f0eab8
  9. #f5f1d0
  10. #faf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccba12 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccba12
  2. #c4b41d
  3. #bdae28
  4. #b5a933
  5. #aea33e
  6. #a69d49
  7. #9e9754
  8. #97915f
  9. #8f8c6a
  10. #888675
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0b993 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bb26 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcac9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccb600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfbb20 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6b27e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccba12 {
  color: #ccba12;
}
Background
.bg-ccba12 {
  background-color: #ccba12;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccba12 {
  border: 2px solid #ccba12;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccba12;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 186 18;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 84% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccba12 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccba12, #81cc12);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccba12 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 186 18 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.93 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.69 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.18 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.86 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.94 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.42 #3345ed Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccba12  rgb(204, 186, 18)  hsl(54, 84%, 44%)  Old Gold
#1224cc  rgb(18, 36, 204)  hsl(234, 84%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#12ccba  rgb(18, 204, 186)  hsl(174, 84%, 44%)  Turquoise
#ba12cc  rgb(186, 18, 204)  hsl(294, 84%, 44%)  Dark Orchid