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#C4B00A

#c4b00a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c4b00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 94.9% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 53.55°, with 90.29% saturation and 40.39% 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 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.61.

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Relative luminance0.4281

Complementary

  1. #c4b00a
  2. #0a1ec4

Split complementary

  1. #c4b00a
  2. #0a7bc4
  3. #530ac4

Analogous

  1. #c4530a
  2. #c4b00a
  3. #7bc40a

Triadic

  1. #c4b00a
  2. #0ac4b0
  3. #b00ac4

Tetradic

  1. #c4b00a
  2. #1ec40a
  3. #0a1ec4
  4. #b00ac4

Square

  1. #c4b00a
  2. #0ac453
  3. #0a1ec4
  4. #c40a7b

Monochromatic

  1. #322d03
  2. #7b6f06
  3. #c4b00a
  4. #f4de27
  5. #f8e96f

Shades

#c4b00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4b00a
  2. #b09e09
  3. #9d8d08
  4. #897b07
  5. #766a06
  6. #625805
  7. #4e4604
  8. #3b3503
  9. #272302
  10. #141201
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4b00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4b00a
  2. #cab823
  3. #d0c03b
  4. #d6c854
  5. #dcd06c
  6. #e2d885
  7. #e7df9d
  8. #ede7b6
  9. #f3efce
  10. #f9f7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4b00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4b00a
  2. #bdab16
  3. #b6a622
  4. #b0a22d
  5. #a99d39
  6. #a29845
  7. #9b9351
  8. #948e5d
  9. #8e8a68
  10. #878574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8af8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b221 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d4a296 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3ad00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6b11a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cea877 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4b00a {
  color: #c4b00a;
}
Background
.bg-c4b00a {
  background-color: #c4b00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4b00a {
  border: 2px solid #c4b00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4b00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 90% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4b00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4b00a, #7bc40a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4b00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.61 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.73 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.14 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.63 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.35 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.39 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 9.44 #3b4ff5 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c4b00a  rgb(196, 176, 10)  hsl(54, 90%, 40%)  Old Gold
#0a1ec4  rgb(10, 30, 196)  hsl(234, 90%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#0ac4b0  rgb(10, 196, 176)  hsl(174, 90%, 40%)  Tiffany Blue
#b00ac4  rgb(176, 10, 196)  hsl(294, 90%, 40%)  Dark Orchid