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#CFB72E

#cfb72e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfb72e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 71.76% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.59% magenta, 77.78% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 51.06°, with 63.64% saturation and 49.61% 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 10.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.54.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4733

Complementary

  1. #cfb72e
  2. #2e46cf

Split complementary

  1. #cfb72e
  2. #2e96cf
  3. #672ecf

Analogous

  1. #cf672e
  2. #cfb72e
  3. #96cf2e

Triadic

  1. #cfb72e
  2. #2ecfb7
  3. #b72ecf

Tetradic

  1. #cfb72e
  2. #46cf2e
  3. #2e46cf
  4. #b72ecf

Square

  1. #cfb72e
  2. #2ecf67
  3. #2e46cf
  4. #cf2e96

Monochromatic

  1. #524812
  2. #908020
  3. #cfb72e
  4. #decd6b
  5. #ece2aa

Shades

#cfb72e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfb72e
  2. #baa529
  3. #a69225
  4. #918020
  5. #7c6e1c
  6. #685c17
  7. #534912
  8. #3e370e
  9. #292509
  10. #151205
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfb72e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfb72e
  2. #d4be43
  3. #d9c558
  4. #ddcd6d
  5. #e2d482
  6. #e7db97
  7. #ece2ab
  8. #f1e9c0
  9. #f5f1d5
  10. #faf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfb72e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfb72e
  2. #c7b236
  3. #bfac3e
  4. #b7a747
  5. #afa14f
  6. #a89c57
  7. #a0965f
  8. #989167
  9. #908b70
  10. #888678
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1b794 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab20c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bb38 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0a99d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccb41e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0b934 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d9af80 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfb72e {
  color: #cfb72e;
}
Background
.bg-cfb72e {
  background-color: #cfb72e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfb72e {
  border: 2px solid #cfb72e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfb72e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 183 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 64% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfb72e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfb72e, #96cf2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfb72e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 183 46 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.54 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.40 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.53 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.39 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.80 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.00 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.50 #3048d1 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cfb72e  rgb(207, 183, 46)  hsl(51, 64%, 50%)  Old Gold
#2e46cf  rgb(46, 70, 207)  hsl(231, 64%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#2ecfb7  rgb(46, 207, 183)  hsl(171, 64%, 50%)  Turquoise
#b72ecf  rgb(183, 46, 207)  hsl(291, 64%, 50%)  Dark Orchid