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#CFB331

#cfb331 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfb331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 70.2% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.53% magenta, 76.33% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 49.37°, with 62.2% saturation and 50.2% 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 10.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.01.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4573

Complementary

  1. #cfb331
  2. #314dcf

Split complementary

  1. #cfb331
  2. #319ccf
  3. #6431cf

Analogous

  1. #cf6431
  2. #cfb331
  3. #9ccf31

Triadic

  1. #cfb331
  2. #31cfb3
  3. #b331cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfb331
  2. #4dcf31
  3. #314dcf
  4. #b331cf

Square

  1. #cfb331
  2. #31cf64
  3. #314dcf
  4. #cf319c

Monochromatic

  1. #544813
  2. #927e22
  3. #cfb331
  4. #ddca6f
  5. #ece1ad

Shades

#cfb331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfb331
  2. #baa12c
  3. #a68f27
  4. #917d22
  5. #7c6b1d
  6. #685a19
  7. #534814
  8. #3e360f
  9. #29240a
  10. #151205
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfb331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfb331
  2. #d4bb46
  3. #d9c25a
  4. #ddca6f
  5. #e2d183
  6. #e7d998
  7. #ece1ad
  8. #f1e8c1
  9. #f5f0d6
  10. #faf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfb331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfb331
  2. #c7ae39
  3. #bfa941
  4. #b7a449
  5. #af9f51
  6. #a89a59
  7. #a09460
  8. #988f68
  9. #908a70
  10. #888578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb492 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6af16 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb83a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0a59a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cab123 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceb636 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d9ab7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfb331 {
  color: #cfb331;
}
Background
.bg-cfb331 {
  background-color: #cfb331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfb331 {
  border: 2px solid #cfb331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfb331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 179 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 62% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfb331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfb331, #9ccf31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfb331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 179 49 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.01 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.91 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.25 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.40 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.37 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.36 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.47 #304cce Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cfb331  rgb(207, 179, 49)  hsl(49, 62%, 50%)  Old Gold
#314dcf  rgb(49, 77, 207)  hsl(229, 62%, 50%)  Iris
#31cfb3  rgb(49, 207, 179)  hsl(169, 62%, 50%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b331cf  rgb(179, 49, 207)  hsl(289, 62%, 50%)  Dark Orchid