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#CCBC06

#ccbc06 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccbc06 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 73.73% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 97.06% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 55.15°, with 94.29% saturation and 41.18% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.66.

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Relative luminance0.4882

Complementary

  1. #ccbc06
  2. #0616cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccbc06
  2. #0679cc
  3. #5906cc

Analogous

  1. #cc5906
  2. #ccbc06
  3. #79cc06

Triadic

  1. #ccbc06
  2. #06ccbc
  3. #bc06cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccbc06
  2. #16cc06
  3. #0616cc
  4. #bc06cc

Square

  1. #ccbc06
  2. #06cc59
  3. #0616cc
  4. #cc0679

Monochromatic

  1. #373302
  2. #827804
  3. #ccbc06
  4. #f9e826
  5. #fbf070

Shades

#ccbc06 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccbc06
  2. #b8a905
  3. #a39605
  4. #8f8404
  5. #7a7104
  6. #665e03
  7. #524b02
  8. #3d3802
  9. #292601
  10. #141301
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccbc06 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccbc06
  2. #d1c31f
  3. #d6c938
  4. #dbd051
  5. #e0d76a
  6. #e6de83
  7. #ebe49b
  8. #f0ebb4
  9. #f5f2cd
  10. #faf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccbc06 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccbc06
  2. #c4b612
  3. #bdb01e
  4. #b5aa2b
  5. #aea437
  6. #a69e43
  7. #9e984f
  8. #97925b
  9. #8f8c68
  10. #888674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1bb93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3bd22 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcaea0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceb800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0bc1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6b47f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccbc06 {
  color: #ccbc06;
}
Background
.bg-ccbc06 {
  background-color: #ccbc06;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccbc06 {
  border: 2px solid #ccbc06;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccbc06;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 188 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 94% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccbc06 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccbc06, #79cc06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccbc06 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 188 6 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.66 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.35 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.44 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.73 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.96 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.51 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 8.88 #3343f9 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Old Gold
#ccbc06  rgb(204, 188, 6)  hsl(55, 94%, 41%)  Old Gold
#0616cc  rgb(6, 22, 204)  hsl(235, 94%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#06ccbc  rgb(6, 204, 188)  hsl(175, 94%, 41%)  Medium Turquoise
#bc06cc  rgb(188, 6, 204)  hsl(295, 94%, 41%)  Dark Orchid