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#CFB309

#cfb309 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cfb309 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 70.2% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.53% magenta, 95.65% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 51.52°, with 91.67% saturation and 42.35% 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 10.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.01.

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Relative luminance0.4553

Complementary

  1. #cfb309
  2. #0925cf

Split complementary

  1. #cfb309
  2. #0988cf
  3. #5009cf

Analogous

  1. #cf5009
  2. #cfb309
  3. #88cf09

Triadic

  1. #cfb309
  2. #09cfb3
  3. #b309cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfb309
  2. #25cf09
  3. #0925cf
  4. #b309cf

Square

  1. #cfb309
  2. #09cf50
  3. #0925cf
  4. #cf0988

Monochromatic

  1. #3c3403
  2. #867406
  3. #cfb309
  4. #f6da2f
  5. #f9e778

Shades

#cfb309 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfb309
  2. #baa108
  3. #a68f07
  4. #917d06
  5. #7c6b05
  6. #685a05
  7. #534804
  8. #3e3603
  9. #292402
  10. #151201
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfb309 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfb309
  2. #d4bb22
  3. #d9c23a
  4. #ddca53
  5. #e2d16b
  6. #e7d984
  7. #ece19d
  8. #f1e8b5
  9. #f5f0ce
  10. #faf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfb309 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfb309
  2. #c7ae15
  3. #bfa921
  4. #b7a42d
  5. #af9f39
  6. #a89a45
  7. #a09450
  8. #988f5c
  9. #908a68
  10. #888574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb38f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb820 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0a498 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cab000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceb619 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #daaa79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfb309 {
  color: #cfb309;
}
Background
.bg-cfb309 {
  background-color: #cfb309;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfb309 {
  border: 2px solid #cfb309;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfb309;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 179 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfb309 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfb309, #88cf09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfb309 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 179 9 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.01 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.25 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.19 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.31 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.42 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.50 #304cf6 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cfb309  rgb(207, 179, 9)  hsl(52, 92%, 42%)  Old Gold
#0925cf  rgb(9, 37, 207)  hsl(232, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#09cfb3  rgb(9, 207, 179)  hsl(172, 92%, 42%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b309cf  rgb(179, 9, 207)  hsl(292, 92%, 42%)  Dark Orchid