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#CDB533

#cdb533 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdb533 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 70.98% green and 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.71% magenta, 75.12% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 50.65°, with 60.63% saturation and 50.2% 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 10.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 0.97.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4627

Complementary

  1. #cdb533
  2. #334bcd

Split complementary

  1. #cdb533
  2. #3398cd
  3. #6833cd

Analogous

  1. #cd6833
  2. #cdb533
  3. #98cd33

Triadic

  1. #cdb533
  2. #33cdb5
  3. #b533cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdb533
  2. #4bcd33
  3. #334bcd
  4. #b533cd

Square

  1. #cdb533
  2. #33cd68
  3. #334bcd
  4. #cd3398

Monochromatic

  1. #534914
  2. #907f23
  3. #cdb533
  4. #dccb70
  5. #ebe2ae

Shades

#cdb533 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdb533
  2. #b9a32e
  3. #a49129
  4. #907f24
  5. #7b6d1f
  6. #675b1a
  7. #524814
  8. #3e360f
  9. #29240a
  10. #151205
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdb533 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdb533
  2. #d2bc47
  3. #d7c45c
  4. #dccb70
  5. #e1d385
  6. #e6da99
  7. #ebe1ad
  8. #f0e9c2
  9. #f5f0d6
  10. #faf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdb533 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdb533
  2. #c5b03b
  3. #beaa42
  4. #b6a54a
  5. #aea052
  6. #a79b5a
  7. #9f9561
  8. #979069
  9. #8f8b71
  10. #888578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb593 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b01a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb93c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dda79c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cab226 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdb738 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7ad7f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdb533 {
  color: #cdb533;
}
Background
.bg-cdb533 {
  background-color: #cdb533;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdb533 {
  border: 2px solid #cdb533;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdb533;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 181 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 61% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdb533 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdb533, #98cd33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdb533 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 181 51 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 0.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.02 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.88 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.10 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.35 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.74 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.94 #324acc Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdb533  rgb(205, 181, 51)  hsl(51, 61%, 50%)  Old Gold
#334bcd  rgb(51, 75, 205)  hsl(231, 61%, 50%)  Iris
#33cdb5  rgb(51, 205, 181)  hsl(171, 61%, 50%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b533cd  rgb(181, 51, 205)  hsl(291, 61%, 50%)  Dark Orchid