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#CDB808

#cdb808 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cdb808 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 72.16% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.24% magenta, 96.1% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 53.6°, with 92.49% saturation and 41.76% 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 10.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.62.

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Relative luminance0.4728

Complementary

  1. #cdb808
  2. #081dcd

Split complementary

  1. #cdb808
  2. #087fcd
  3. #5508cd

Analogous

  1. #cd5508
  2. #cdb808
  3. #7fcd08

Triadic

  1. #cdb808
  2. #08cdb8
  3. #b808cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdb808
  2. #1dcd08
  3. #081dcd
  4. #b808cd

Square

  1. #cdb808
  2. #08cd55
  3. #081dcd
  4. #cd087f

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3402
  2. #837605
  3. #cdb808
  4. #f7e12b
  5. #faeb74

Shades

#cdb808 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdb808
  2. #b9a607
  3. #a49306
  4. #908106
  5. #7b6e05
  6. #675c04
  7. #524a03
  8. #3e3702
  9. #292502
  10. #151201
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdb808 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdb808
  2. #d2bf21
  3. #d7c639
  4. #dccd52
  5. #e1d46b
  6. #e6dc84
  7. #ebe39c
  8. #f0eab5
  9. #f5f1ce
  10. #faf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdb808 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdb808
  2. #c5b214
  3. #bead20
  4. #b6a72c
  5. #aea238
  6. #a79c44
  7. #9f9650
  8. #97915c
  9. #8f8b68
  10. #888674
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0b791 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1ba22 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dea99d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccb500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfb91a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7af7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdb808 {
  color: #cdb808;
}
Background
.bg-cdb808 {
  background-color: #cdb808;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdb808 {
  border: 2px solid #cdb808;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdb808;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 184 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdb808 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdb808, #7fcd08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdb808 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 184 8 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.05 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.12 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.28 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.54 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.81 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.91 #3247f7 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdb808  rgb(205, 184, 8)  hsl(54, 92%, 42%)  Old Gold
#081dcd  rgb(8, 29, 205)  hsl(234, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#08cdb8  rgb(8, 205, 184)  hsl(174, 92%, 42%)  Turquoise
#b808cd  rgb(184, 8, 205)  hsl(294, 92%, 42%)  Dark Orchid