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#CDB331

#cdb331 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdb331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 70.2% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.68% magenta, 76.1% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 50°, with 61.42% saturation and 49.8% 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 10.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 0.93.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4544

Complementary

  1. #cdb331
  2. #314bcd

Split complementary

  1. #cdb331
  2. #3199cd
  3. #6531cd

Analogous

  1. #cd6531
  2. #cdb331
  3. #99cd31

Triadic

  1. #cdb331
  2. #31cdb3
  3. #b331cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdb331
  2. #4bcd31
  3. #314bcd
  4. #b331cd

Square

  1. #cdb331
  2. #31cd65
  3. #314bcd
  4. #cd3199

Monochromatic

  1. #524713
  2. #8f7d22
  3. #cdb331
  4. #dcca6e
  5. #ebe1ac

Shades

#cdb331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdb331
  2. #b9a12c
  3. #a48f27
  4. #907d22
  5. #7b6b1d
  6. #675a19
  7. #524814
  8. #3e360f
  9. #29240a
  10. #151205
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdb331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdb331
  2. #d2bb46
  3. #d7c25a
  4. #dcca6f
  5. #e1d183
  6. #e6d998
  7. #ebe1ad
  8. #f0e8c1
  9. #f5f0d6
  10. #faf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdb331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdb331
  2. #c5ae39
  3. #bea941
  4. #b6a449
  5. #ae9f51
  6. #a79a59
  7. #9f9460
  8. #978f68
  9. #8f8a70
  10. #888578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb391 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5af16 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb73a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dda59a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9b024 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdb636 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7ab7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdb331 {
  color: #cdb331;
}
Background
.bg-cdb331 {
  background-color: #cdb331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdb331 {
  border: 2px solid #cdb331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdb331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 179 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 61% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdb331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdb331, #99cd31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdb331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 179 49 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 0.93 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.40 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.02 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.95 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.02 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.81 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.97 #324cce Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdb331  rgb(205, 179, 49)  hsl(50, 61%, 50%)  Old Gold
#314bcd  rgb(49, 75, 205)  hsl(230, 61%, 50%)  Iris
#31cdb3  rgb(49, 205, 179)  hsl(170, 61%, 50%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b331cd  rgb(179, 49, 205)  hsl(290, 61%, 50%)  Dark Orchid