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#CEB803

#ceb803 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ceb803 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 72.16% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.68% magenta, 98.54% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 53.5°, with 97.13% saturation and 40.98% 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 10.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.65.

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Relative luminance0.4741

Complementary

  1. #ceb803
  2. #0319ce

Split complementary

  1. #ceb803
  2. #037ece
  3. #5303ce

Analogous

  1. #ce5303
  2. #ceb803
  3. #7ece03

Triadic

  1. #ceb803
  2. #03ceb8
  3. #b803ce

Tetradic

  1. #ceb803
  2. #19ce03
  3. #0319ce
  4. #b803ce

Square

  1. #ceb803
  2. #03ce53
  3. #0319ce
  4. #ce037e

Monochromatic

  1. #373101
  2. #837502
  3. #ceb803
  4. #fce422
  5. #fded6d

Shades

#ceb803 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ceb803
  2. #b9a603
  3. #a59302
  4. #908102
  5. #7c6e02
  6. #675c02
  7. #524a01
  8. #3e3701
  9. #292501
  10. #151200
  11. #000000

Tints

#ceb803 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ceb803
  2. #d3bf1c
  3. #d8c635
  4. #ddcd4f
  5. #e2d468
  6. #e7dc81
  7. #ebe39a
  8. #f0eab3
  9. #f5f1cd
  10. #faf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ceb803 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ceb803
  2. #c6b210
  3. #bead1c
  4. #b7a729
  5. #afa235
  6. #a79c42
  7. #9f964e
  8. #97915b
  9. #908b67
  10. #888674
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1b791 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bb20 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dfa99c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccb500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ba18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8af7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ceb803 {
  color: #ceb803;
}
Background
.bg-ceb803 {
  background-color: #ceb803;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ceb803 {
  border: 2px solid #ceb803;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ceb803;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 184 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 97% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ceb803 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ceb803, #7ece03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ceb803 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 184 3 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.94 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.07 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.32 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.43 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.63 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.08 #3147fc Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ceb803  rgb(206, 184, 3)  hsl(54, 97%, 41%)  Old Gold
#0319ce  rgb(3, 25, 206)  hsl(234, 97%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#03ceb8  rgb(3, 206, 184)  hsl(174, 97%, 41%)  Turquoise
#b803ce  rgb(184, 3, 206)  hsl(294, 97%, 41%)  Dark Orchid