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#C3B341

#c3b341 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c3b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.47% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.21% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 52.62°, with 52% saturation and 50.98% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.06.

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Relative luminance0.4422

Complementary

  1. #c3b341
  2. #4151c3

Split complementary

  1. #c3b341
  2. #4192c3
  3. #7241c3

Analogous

  1. #c37241
  2. #c3b341
  3. #92c341

Triadic

  1. #c3b341
  2. #41c3b3
  3. #b341c3

Tetradic

  1. #c3b341
  2. #51c341
  3. #4151c3
  4. #b341c3

Square

  1. #c3b341
  2. #41c372
  3. #4151c3
  4. #c34192

Monochromatic

  1. #514a1a
  2. #8b802c
  3. #c3b341
  4. #d5ca7b
  5. #e8e2b5

Shades

#c3b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c3b341
  2. #b0a13b
  3. #9c8f34
  4. #897d2e
  5. #756b27
  6. #625a21
  7. #4e481a
  8. #3b3614
  9. #27240d
  10. #141207
  11. #000000

Tints

#c3b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c3b341
  2. #c9bb54
  3. #cfc267
  4. #d5ca7a
  5. #dbd18d
  6. #e1d9a0
  7. #e7e1b3
  8. #ede8c6
  9. #f3f0d9
  10. #f9f7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c3b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c3b341
  2. #bcae47
  3. #b6a94e
  4. #afa454
  5. #a89f5a
  6. #a29a61
  7. #9b9467
  8. #948f6d
  9. #8d8a73
  10. #87857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b292 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ae32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b448 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d2a79c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b038 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6b445 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ccac81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c3b341 {
  color: #c3b341;
}
Background
.bg-c3b341 {
  background-color: #c3b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c3b341 {
  border: 2px solid #c3b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c3b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 52% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c3b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3b341, #92c341);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c3b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.06 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.08 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.03 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.93 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.38 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.63 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.37 #3c4cbe Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c3b341  rgb(195, 179, 65)  hsl(53, 52%, 51%)  Old Gold
#4151c3  rgb(65, 81, 195)  hsl(233, 52%, 51%)  Iris
#41c3b3  rgb(65, 195, 179)  hsl(173, 52%, 51%)  Tiffany Blue
#b341c3  rgb(179, 65, 195)  hsl(293, 52%, 51%)  Purpureus