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#CCBC1E

#ccbc1e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccbc1e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 73.73% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 85.29% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 54.48°, with 74.36% saturation and 45.88% 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 10.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.09.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.489

Complementary

  1. #ccbc1e
  2. #1e2ecc

Split complementary

  1. #ccbc1e
  2. #1e85cc
  3. #651ecc

Analogous

  1. #cc651e
  2. #ccbc1e
  3. #85cc1e

Triadic

  1. #ccbc1e
  2. #1eccbc
  3. #bc1ecc

Tetradic

  1. #ccbc1e
  2. #2ecc1e
  3. #1e2ecc
  4. #bc1ecc

Square

  1. #ccbc1e
  2. #1ecc65
  3. #1e2ecc
  4. #cc1e85

Monochromatic

  1. #47410a
  2. #897f14
  3. #ccbc1e
  4. #e5d851
  5. #efe794

Shades

#ccbc1e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccbc1e
  2. #b8a91b
  3. #a39618
  4. #8f8415
  5. #7a7112
  6. #665e0f
  7. #524b0c
  8. #3d3809
  9. #292606
  10. #141303
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccbc1e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccbc1e
  2. #d1c335
  3. #d6c94b
  4. #dbd062
  5. #e0d778
  6. #e6de8f
  7. #ebe4a5
  8. #f0ebbc
  9. #f5f2d2
  10. #faf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccbc1e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccbc1e
  2. #c4b628
  3. #bdb032
  4. #b5aa3b
  5. #aea445
  6. #a69e4f
  7. #9e9859
  8. #979263
  9. #8f8c6c
  10. #888676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1bb95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3bd2e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcaea1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdb800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0bd28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6b481 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccbc1e {
  color: #ccbc1e;
}
Background
.bg-ccbc1e {
  background-color: #ccbc1e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccbc1e {
  border: 2px solid #ccbc1e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccbc1e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 188 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 74% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccbc1e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccbc1e, #85cc1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccbc1e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 188 30 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.09 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.58 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.08 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.96 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.07 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.76 #3343e1 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccbc1e  rgb(204, 188, 30)  hsl(54, 74%, 46%)  Old Gold
#1e2ecc  rgb(30, 46, 204)  hsl(234, 74%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#1eccbc  rgb(30, 204, 188)  hsl(174, 74%, 46%)  Medium Turquoise
#bc1ecc  rgb(188, 30, 204)  hsl(294, 74%, 46%)  Dark Orchid