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#CBCA4E

#cbca4e ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cbca4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 79.22% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.49% magenta, 61.58% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 59.52°, with 54.59% saturation and 55.1% 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 12.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 5.26.

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Relative luminance0.5549

Complementary

  1. #cbca4e
  2. #4e4fcb

Split complementary

  1. #cbca4e
  2. #4e8ecb
  3. #8c4ecb

Analogous

  1. #cb8c4e
  2. #cbca4e
  3. #8ecb4e

Triadic

  1. #cbca4e
  2. #4ecbca
  3. #ca4ecb

Tetradic

  1. #cbca4e
  2. #4fcb4e
  3. #4e4fcb
  4. #ca4ecb

Square

  1. #cbca4e
  2. #4ecb8c
  3. #4e4fcb
  4. #cb4e8e

Monochromatic

  1. #63621d
  2. #9e9d2e
  3. #cbca4e
  4. #dcdc89
  5. #eeedc4

Shades

#cbca4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbca4e
  2. #b7b646
  3. #a2a23e
  4. #8e8d37
  5. #7a792f
  6. #666527
  7. #51511f
  8. #3d3d17
  9. #292810
  10. #141408
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbca4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbca4e
  2. #d0cf60
  3. #d5d571
  4. #dbda83
  5. #e0df95
  6. #e5e5a7
  7. #eaeab8
  8. #efefca
  9. #f5f4dc
  10. #fafaed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbca4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbca4e
  2. #c4c353
  3. #bcbb58
  4. #b5b45d
  5. #adac62
  6. #a6a567
  7. #9e9e6c
  8. #979671
  9. #8f8f76
  10. #88877b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7c7a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c23f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc756 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9beb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4c545 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5c853 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3c393 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbca4e {
  color: #cbca4e;
}
Background
.bg-cbca4e {
  background-color: #cbca4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbca4e {
  border: 2px solid #cbca4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbca4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 202 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 55% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbca4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbca4e, #8ecb4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbca4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 202 78 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.26 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.07 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.11 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.43 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.80 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.88 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.99 #3435b1 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Straw
#cbca4e  rgb(203, 202, 78)  hsl(60, 55%, 55%)  Straw
#4e4fcb  rgb(78, 79, 203)  hsl(240, 55%, 55%)  Iris
#4ecbca  rgb(78, 203, 202)  hsl(180, 55%, 55%)  Medium Turquoise
#ca4ecb  rgb(202, 78, 203)  hsl(300, 55%, 55%)  Medium Orchid