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#CBB024

#cbb024 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 69.02% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.3% magenta, 82.27% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 50.3°, with 69.87% saturation and 46.86% 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 9.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.02.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4387

Complementary

  1. #cbb024
  2. #243fcb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb024
  2. #2492cb
  3. #5c24cb

Analogous

  1. #cb5c24
  2. #cbb024
  3. #92cb24

Triadic

  1. #cbb024
  2. #24cbb0
  3. #b024cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb024
  2. #3fcb24
  3. #243fcb
  4. #b024cb

Square

  1. #cbb024
  2. #24cb5c
  3. #243fcb
  4. #cb2492

Monochromatic

  1. #493f0d
  2. #8a7818
  3. #cbb024
  4. #e2cc5a
  5. #ede09b

Shades

#cbb024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb024
  2. #b79e20
  3. #a28d1d
  4. #8e7b19
  5. #7a6a16
  6. #665812
  7. #51460e
  8. #3d350b
  9. #292307
  10. #141204
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb024
  2. #d0b83a
  3. #d5c050
  4. #dbc866
  5. #e0d07c
  6. #e5d892
  7. #eadfa7
  8. #efe7bd
  9. #f5efd3
  10. #faf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb024
  2. #c4ab2d
  3. #bca636
  4. #b5a240
  5. #ad9d49
  6. #a69852
  7. #9e935b
  8. #978e64
  9. #8f8a6e
  10. #888577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb18e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab52f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dca297 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ad0e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab32b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5a879 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb024 {
  color: #cbb024;
}
Background
.bg-cbb024 {
  background-color: #cbb024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb024 {
  border: 2px solid #cbb024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 176 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 70% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb024, #92cb24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 176 36 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.02 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.46 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.81 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.12 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.19 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.62 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.12 #344fdb Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb024  rgb(203, 176, 36)  hsl(50, 70%, 47%)  Old Gold
#243fcb  rgb(36, 63, 203)  hsl(230, 70%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#24cbb0  rgb(36, 203, 176)  hsl(170, 70%, 47%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b024cb  rgb(176, 36, 203)  hsl(290, 70%, 47%)  Dark Orchid