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#C4B341

#c4b341 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c4b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.67% magenta, 66.84% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 52.21°, with 52.61% saturation and 51.18% 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 9.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.79.

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Relative luminance0.4436

Complementary

  1. #c4b341
  2. #4152c4

Split complementary

  1. #c4b341
  2. #4194c4
  3. #7241c4

Analogous

  1. #c47241
  2. #c4b341
  3. #94c441

Triadic

  1. #c4b341
  2. #41c4b3
  3. #b341c4

Tetradic

  1. #c4b341
  2. #52c441
  3. #4152c4
  4. #b341c4

Square

  1. #c4b341
  2. #41c472
  3. #4152c4
  4. #c44194

Monochromatic

  1. #524b1a
  2. #8d802c
  3. #c4b341
  4. #d6ca7b
  5. #e8e2b6

Shades

#c4b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4b341
  2. #b0a13b
  3. #9d8f34
  4. #897d2e
  5. #766b27
  6. #625a21
  7. #4e481a
  8. #3b3614
  9. #27240d
  10. #141207
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4b341
  2. #cabb54
  3. #d0c267
  4. #d6ca7a
  5. #dcd18d
  6. #e2d9a0
  7. #e7e1b3
  8. #ede8c6
  9. #f3f0d9
  10. #f9f7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4b341
  2. #bdae47
  3. #b6a94e
  4. #b0a454
  5. #a99f5a
  6. #a29a61
  7. #9b9467
  8. #948f6d
  9. #8e8a73
  10. #87857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b292 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ae32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b548 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d3a79c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b038 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7b445 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cdac81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4b341 {
  color: #c4b341;
}
Background
.bg-c4b341 {
  background-color: #c4b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4b341 {
  border: 2px solid #c4b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 53% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4b341, #94c441);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.79 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.04 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.65 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.35 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.30 #3b4cbe Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c4b341  rgb(196, 179, 65)  hsl(52, 53%, 51%)  Old Gold
#4152c4  rgb(65, 82, 196)  hsl(232, 53%, 51%)  Iris
#41c4b3  rgb(65, 196, 179)  hsl(172, 53%, 51%)  Tiffany Blue
#b341c4  rgb(179, 65, 196)  hsl(292, 53%, 51%)  Medium Orchid