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#CBB91C

#cbb91c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbb91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 72.55% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.87% magenta, 86.21% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 53.83°, with 75.76% saturation and 45.29% 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 10.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.5.

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Relative luminance0.4748

Complementary

  1. #cbb91c
  2. #1c2ecb

Split complementary

  1. #cbb91c
  2. #1c85cb
  3. #611ccb

Analogous

  1. #cb611c
  2. #cbb91c
  3. #85cb1c

Triadic

  1. #cbb91c
  2. #1ccbb9
  3. #b91ccb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb91c
  2. #2ecb1c
  3. #1c2ecb
  4. #b91ccb

Square

  1. #cbb91c
  2. #1ccb61
  3. #1c2ecb
  4. #cb1c85

Monochromatic

  1. #453e09
  2. #887c13
  3. #cbb91c
  4. #e6d74d
  5. #f0e690

Shades

#cbb91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb91c
  2. #b7a719
  3. #a29416
  4. #8e8214
  5. #7a6f11
  6. #665d0e
  7. #514a0b
  8. #3d3808
  9. #292506
  10. #141303
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb91c
  2. #d0c033
  3. #d5c749
  4. #dbce60
  5. #e0d577
  6. #e5dc8e
  7. #eae3a4
  8. #efeabb
  9. #f5f1d2
  10. #faf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb91c
  2. #c4b326
  3. #bcae30
  4. #b5a83a
  5. #ada244
  6. #a69d4e
  7. #9e9758
  8. #979162
  9. #8f8b6c
  10. #888676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb892 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bb2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dbab9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbb500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceba26 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5b17e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb91c {
  color: #cbb91c;
}
Background
.bg-cbb91c {
  background-color: #cbb91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb91c {
  border: 2px solid #cbb91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 185 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 76% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb91c, #85cb1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 185 28 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.50 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.19 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.39 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.66 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.42 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.10 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.27 #3446e3 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cbb91c  rgb(203, 185, 28)  hsl(54, 76%, 45%)  Old Gold
#1c2ecb  rgb(28, 46, 203)  hsl(234, 76%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#1ccbb9  rgb(28, 203, 185)  hsl(174, 76%, 45%)  Medium Turquoise
#b91ccb  rgb(185, 28, 203)  hsl(294, 76%, 45%)  Dark Orchid