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#C5B341

#c5b341 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c5b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.14% magenta, 67.01% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 51.82°, with 53.23% saturation and 51.37% 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 9.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.53.

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Relative luminance0.4449

Complementary

  1. #c5b341
  2. #4153c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5b341
  2. #4195c5
  3. #7141c5

Analogous

  1. #c57141
  2. #c5b341
  3. #95c541

Triadic

  1. #c5b341
  2. #41c5b3
  3. #b341c5

Tetradic

  1. #c5b341
  2. #53c541
  3. #4153c5
  4. #b341c5

Square

  1. #c5b341
  2. #41c571
  3. #4153c5
  4. #c54195

Monochromatic

  1. #544c19
  2. #8e812b
  3. #c5b341
  4. #d7ca7c
  5. #e9e2b6

Shades

#c5b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5b341
  2. #b1a13b
  3. #9e8f34
  4. #8a7d2e
  5. #766b27
  6. #635a21
  7. #4f481a
  8. #3b3614
  9. #27240d
  10. #141207
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5b341
  2. #cbbb54
  3. #d1c267
  4. #d6ca7a
  5. #dcd18d
  6. #e2d9a0
  7. #e8e1b3
  8. #eee8c6
  9. #f3f0d9
  10. #f9f7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5b341
  2. #beae47
  3. #b7a94e
  4. #b0a454
  5. #a99f5a
  6. #a39a61
  7. #9c9467
  8. #958f6d
  9. #8e8a73
  10. #87857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bab292 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ae32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b548 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d4a69c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b038 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7b445 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ceac81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5b341 {
  color: #c5b341;
}
Background
.bg-c5b341 {
  background-color: #c5b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5b341 {
  border: 2px solid #c5b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 53% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5b341, #95c541);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.53 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.01 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.19 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.37 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.63 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.06 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.23 #3a4cbe Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c5b341  rgb(197, 179, 65)  hsl(52, 53%, 51%)  Old Gold
#4153c5  rgb(65, 83, 197)  hsl(232, 53%, 51%)  Iris
#41c5b3  rgb(65, 197, 179)  hsl(172, 53%, 51%)  Tiffany Blue
#b341c5  rgb(179, 65, 197)  hsl(292, 53%, 51%)  Medium Orchid