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#CDBA2E

#cdba2e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdba2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 72.94% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.27% magenta, 77.56% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 52.83°, with 63.35% saturation and 49.22% 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 10.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.71.

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Relative luminance0.4829

Complementary

  1. #cdba2e
  2. #2e41cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdba2e
  2. #2e91cd
  3. #6b2ecd

Analogous

  1. #cd6b2e
  2. #cdba2e
  3. #91cd2e

Triadic

  1. #cdba2e
  2. #2ecdba
  3. #ba2ecd

Tetradic

  1. #cdba2e
  2. #41cd2e
  3. #2e41cd
  4. #ba2ecd

Square

  1. #cdba2e
  2. #2ecd6b
  3. #2e41cd
  4. #cd2e91

Monochromatic

  1. #504912
  2. #8f8120
  3. #cdba2e
  4. #ded06a
  5. #ece4a8

Shades

#cdba2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdba2e
  2. #b9a729
  3. #a49525
  4. #908220
  5. #7b701c
  6. #675d17
  7. #524a12
  8. #3e380e
  9. #292509
  10. #151305
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdba2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdba2e
  2. #d2c143
  3. #d7c858
  4. #dccf6d
  5. #e1d682
  6. #e6dd97
  7. #ebe3ab
  8. #f0eac0
  9. #f5f1d5
  10. #faf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdba2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdba2e
  2. #c5b436
  3. #beae3e
  4. #b6a947
  5. #aea34f
  6. #a79d57
  7. #9f975f
  8. #979167
  9. #8f8c70
  10. #888678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1b995 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb409 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bc39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddaca0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccb71d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0bb35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7b281 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdba2e {
  color: #cdba2e;
}
Background
.bg-cdba2e {
  background-color: #cdba2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdba2e {
  border: 2px solid #cdba2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdba2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 186 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 63% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdba2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdba2e, #91cd2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdba2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 186 46 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.71 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.73 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.86 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.32 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.03 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.71 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.94 #3245d1 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdba2e  rgb(205, 186, 46)  hsl(53, 63%, 49%)  Old Gold
#2e41cd  rgb(46, 65, 205)  hsl(233, 63%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#2ecdba  rgb(46, 205, 186)  hsl(173, 63%, 49%)  Turquoise
#ba2ecd  rgb(186, 46, 205)  hsl(293, 63%, 49%)  Dark Orchid