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#C6B341

#c6b341 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c6b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.6% magenta, 67.17% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 51.43°, with 53.85% saturation and 51.57% 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 9.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.26.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4463

Complementary

  1. #c6b341
  2. #4154c6

Split complementary

  1. #c6b341
  2. #4197c6
  3. #7141c6

Analogous

  1. #c67141
  2. #c6b341
  3. #97c641

Triadic

  1. #c6b341
  2. #41c6b3
  3. #b341c6

Tetradic

  1. #c6b341
  2. #54c641
  3. #4154c6
  4. #b341c6

Square

  1. #c6b341
  2. #41c671
  3. #4154c6
  4. #c64197

Monochromatic

  1. #554c19
  2. #8f812b
  3. #c6b341
  4. #d8cb7c
  5. #e9e2b7

Shades

#c6b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c6b341
  2. #b2a13b
  3. #9e8f34
  4. #8b7d2e
  5. #776b27
  6. #635a21
  7. #4f481a
  8. #3b3614
  9. #28240d
  10. #141207
  11. #000000

Tints

#c6b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c6b341
  2. #ccbb54
  3. #d1c267
  4. #d7ca7a
  5. #ddd18d
  6. #e3d9a0
  7. #e8e1b3
  8. #eee8c6
  9. #f4f0d9
  10. #f9f7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c6b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c6b341
  2. #bfae47
  3. #b8a94e
  4. #b1a454
  5. #aa9f5a
  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 9.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bab392 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ae32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b547 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d5a69c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5b038 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8b445 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cfac81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c6b341 {
  color: #c6b341;
}
Background
.bg-c6b341 {
  background-color: #c6b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c6b341 {
  border: 2px solid #c6b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c6b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 54% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c6b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6b341, #97c641);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c6b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.26 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.02 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.30 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.09 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.77 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.78 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.18 #394cbe Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c6b341  rgb(198, 179, 65)  hsl(51, 54%, 52%)  Old Gold
#4154c6  rgb(65, 84, 198)  hsl(231, 54%, 52%)  Iris
#41c6b3  rgb(65, 198, 179)  hsl(171, 54%, 52%)  Medium Turquoise
#b341c6  rgb(179, 65, 198)  hsl(291, 54%, 52%)  Medium Orchid