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#CDB00A

#cdb00a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cdb00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.15% magenta, 95.12% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 51.08°, with 90.7% saturation and 42.16% 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 9.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.06.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4405

Complementary

  1. #cdb00a
  2. #0a27cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdb00a
  2. #0a89cd
  3. #4f0acd

Analogous

  1. #cd4f0a
  2. #cdb00a
  3. #89cd0a

Triadic

  1. #cdb00a
  2. #0acdb0
  3. #b00acd

Tetradic

  1. #cdb00a
  2. #27cd0a
  3. #0a27cd
  4. #b00acd

Square

  1. #cdb00a
  2. #0acd4f
  3. #0a27cd
  4. #cd0a89

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3303
  2. #847106
  3. #cdb00a
  4. #f5d72f
  5. #f8e578

Shades

#cdb00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdb00a
  2. #b99e09
  3. #a48d08
  4. #907b07
  5. #7b6a06
  6. #675805
  7. #524604
  8. #3e3503
  9. #292302
  10. #151201
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdb00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdb00a
  2. #d2b823
  3. #d7c03b
  4. #dcc854
  5. #e1d06c
  6. #e6d885
  7. #ebdf9d
  8. #f0e7b6
  9. #f5efce
  10. #faf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdb00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdb00a
  2. #c5ab16
  3. #bea622
  4. #b6a22d
  5. #ae9d39
  6. #a79845
  7. #9f9351
  8. #978e5d
  9. #8f8a68
  10. #888574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb18d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb520 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dea196 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7ae00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccb319 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8a777 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdb00a {
  color: #cdb00a;
}
Background
.bg-cdb00a {
  background-color: #cdb00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdb00a {
  border: 2px solid #cdb00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdb00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 91% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdb00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdb00a, #89cd0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdb00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.06 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.87 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.19 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.09 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.24 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.49 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.76 #324ff5 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdb00a  rgb(205, 176, 10)  hsl(51, 91%, 42%)  Old Gold
#0a27cd  rgb(10, 39, 205)  hsl(231, 91%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#0acdb0  rgb(10, 205, 176)  hsl(171, 91%, 42%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b00acd  rgb(176, 10, 205)  hsl(291, 91%, 42%)  Dark Orchid