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#CFB520

#cfb520 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfb520 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 70.98% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.56% magenta, 84.54% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 51.09°, with 73.22% saturation and 46.86% 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 10.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.15.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4642

Complementary

  1. #cfb520
  2. #203acf

Split complementary

  1. #cfb520
  2. #2091cf
  3. #5e20cf

Analogous

  1. #cf5e20
  2. #cfb520
  3. #91cf20

Triadic

  1. #cfb520
  2. #20cfb5
  3. #b520cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfb520
  2. #3acf20
  3. #203acf
  4. #b520cf

Square

  1. #cfb520
  2. #20cf5e
  3. #203acf
  4. #cf2091

Monochromatic

  1. #4a410c
  2. #8d7b16
  3. #cfb520
  4. #e5d057
  5. #efe299

Shades

#cfb520 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfb520
  2. #baa31d
  3. #a6911a
  4. #917f16
  5. #7c6d13
  6. #685b10
  7. #53480d
  8. #3e360a
  9. #292406
  10. #151203
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfb520 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfb520
  2. #d4bc36
  3. #d9c44d
  4. #ddcb63
  5. #e2d379
  6. #e7da90
  7. #ece1a6
  8. #f1e9bc
  9. #f5f0d2
  10. #faf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfb520 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfb520
  2. #c7b02a
  3. #bfaa33
  4. #b7a53d
  5. #afa046
  6. #a89b50
  7. #a0955a
  8. #989063
  9. #908b6d
  10. #888576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0b591 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb92d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0a69b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbb200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfb828 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d9ac7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfb520 {
  color: #cfb520;
}
Background
.bg-cfb520 {
  background-color: #cfb520;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfb520 {
  border: 2px solid #cfb520;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfb520;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 181 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 73% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfb520 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfb520, #91cf20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfb520 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 181 32 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.22 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.24 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.34 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.17 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.17 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.33 #304adf Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cfb520  rgb(207, 181, 32)  hsl(51, 73%, 47%)  Old Gold
#203acf  rgb(32, 58, 207)  hsl(231, 73%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#20cfb5  rgb(32, 207, 181)  hsl(171, 73%, 47%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b520cf  rgb(181, 32, 207)  hsl(291, 73%, 47%)  Dark Orchid