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#CDBE42

#cdbe42 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdbe42 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 74.51% green and 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.32% magenta, 67.8% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 53.53°, with 58.16% saturation and 53.14% 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 11.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.59.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.502

Complementary

  1. #cdbe42
  2. #4251cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdbe42
  2. #4296cd
  3. #7942cd

Analogous

  1. #cd7942
  2. #cdbe42
  3. #96cd42

Triadic

  1. #cdbe42
  2. #42cdbe
  3. #be42cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdbe42
  2. #51cd42
  3. #4251cd
  4. #be42cd

Square

  1. #cdbe42
  2. #42cd79
  3. #4251cd
  4. #cd4296

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5619
  2. #9a8e29
  3. #cdbe42
  4. #ddd37f
  5. #ede8bb

Shades

#cdbe42 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdbe42
  2. #b9ab3b
  3. #a49835
  4. #90852e
  5. #7b7228
  6. #675f21
  7. #524c1a
  8. #3e3914
  9. #29260d
  10. #151307
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdbe42 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdbe42
  2. #d2c555
  3. #d7cb68
  4. #dcd27b
  5. #e1d88e
  6. #e6dfa1
  7. #ebe5b3
  8. #f0ecc6
  9. #f5f2d9
  10. #faf9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdbe42 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdbe42
  2. #c5b848
  3. #beb24e
  4. #b6ab55
  5. #aea55b
  6. #a79f61
  7. #9f9967
  8. #97936d
  9. #8f8c74
  10. #88867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3bd9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb831 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bf4a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcb1a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cebb38 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1be47 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6b688 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdbe42 {
  color: #cdbe42;
}
Background
.bg-cdbe42 {
  background-color: #cdbe42;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdbe42 {
  border: 2px solid #cdbe42;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdbe42;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 190 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 58% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdbe42 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdbe42, #96cd42);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdbe42 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 190 66 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.59 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.91 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.89 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.04 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.05 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.42 #3241bd Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdbe42  rgb(205, 190, 66)  hsl(54, 58%, 53%)  Old Gold
#4251cd  rgb(66, 81, 205)  hsl(234, 58%, 53%)  Iris
#42cdbe  rgb(66, 205, 190)  hsl(174, 58%, 53%)  Medium Turquoise
#be42cd  rgb(190, 66, 205)  hsl(294, 58%, 53%)  Medium Orchid