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#CDB026

#cdb026 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdb026 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 69.02% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.15% magenta, 81.46% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 49.58°, with 68.72% saturation and 47.65% 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 9.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.99.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4417

Complementary

  1. #cdb026
  2. #2643cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdb026
  2. #2697cd
  3. #5d26cd

Analogous

  1. #cd5d26
  2. #cdb026
  3. #97cd26

Triadic

  1. #cdb026
  2. #26cdb0
  3. #b026cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdb026
  2. #43cd26
  3. #2643cd
  4. #b026cd

Square

  1. #cdb026
  2. #26cd5d
  3. #2643cd
  4. #cd2697

Monochromatic

  1. #4c410e
  2. #8c791a
  3. #cdb026
  4. #e1ca5e
  5. #ede09f

Shades

#cdb026 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdb026
  2. #b99e22
  3. #a48d1e
  4. #907b1b
  5. #7b6a17
  6. #675813
  7. #52460f
  8. #3e350b
  9. #292308
  10. #151204
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdb026 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdb026
  2. #d2b83c
  3. #d7c051
  4. #dcc867
  5. #e1d07d
  6. #e6d893
  7. #ebdfa8
  8. #f0e7be
  9. #f5efd4
  10. #faf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdb026 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdb026
  2. #c5ab2f
  3. #bea638
  4. #b6a241
  5. #ae9d4a
  6. #a79853
  7. #9f935c
  8. #978e65
  9. #8f8a6e
  10. #888577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb18f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab531 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dea297 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7ae12 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb32d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a87a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdb026 {
  color: #cdb026;
}
Background
.bg-cdb026 {
  background-color: #cdb026;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdb026 {
  border: 2px solid #cdb026;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdb026;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 176 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 69% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdb026 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdb026, #97cd26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdb026 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 176 38 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.99 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.90 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.64 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.90 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.39 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.08 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.70 #324fd9 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdb026  rgb(205, 176, 38)  hsl(50, 69%, 48%)  Old Gold
#2643cd  rgb(38, 67, 205)  hsl(230, 69%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#26cdb0  rgb(38, 205, 176)  hsl(170, 69%, 48%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b026cd  rgb(176, 38, 205)  hsl(290, 69%, 48%)  Dark Orchid