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#CDB232

#cdb232 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdb232 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 69.8% green and 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.17% magenta, 75.61% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 49.55°, with 60.78% saturation and 50% 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 10.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 0.99.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4505

Complementary

  1. #cdb232
  2. #324dcd

Split complementary

  1. #cdb232
  2. #329acd
  3. #6532cd

Analogous

  1. #cd6532
  2. #cdb232
  3. #9acd32

Triadic

  1. #cdb232
  2. #32cdb2
  3. #b232cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdb232
  2. #4dcd32
  3. #324dcd
  4. #b232cd

Square

  1. #cdb232
  2. #32cd65
  3. #324dcd
  4. #cd329a

Monochromatic

  1. #524714
  2. #8f7d23
  3. #cdb232
  4. #dcc970
  5. #ebe0ad

Shades

#cdb232 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdb232
  2. #b9a02d
  3. #a48e28
  4. #907d23
  5. #7b6b1e
  6. #675919
  7. #524714
  8. #3e350f
  9. #29240a
  10. #151205
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdb232 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdb232
  2. #d2ba47
  3. #d7c15b
  4. #dcc970
  5. #e1d184
  6. #e6d999
  7. #ebe0ad
  8. #f0e8c2
  9. #f5f0d6
  10. #faf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdb232 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdb232
  2. #c5ad3a
  3. #bea842
  4. #b6a349
  5. #ae9e51
  6. #a79959
  7. #9f9461
  8. #978f69
  9. #8f8a70
  10. #888578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb391 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ae19 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb73a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dda499 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8b025 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccb537 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7aa7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdb232 {
  color: #cdb232;
}
Background
.bg-cdb232 {
  background-color: #cdb232;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdb232 {
  border: 2px solid #cdb232;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdb232;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 178 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 61% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdb232 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdb232, #9acd32);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdb232 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 178 50 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 0.99 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.97 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.73 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.93 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.61 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.79 #324dcd Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdb232  rgb(205, 178, 50)  hsl(50, 61%, 50%)  Old Gold
#324dcd  rgb(50, 77, 205)  hsl(230, 61%, 50%)  Iris
#32cdb2  rgb(50, 205, 178)  hsl(170, 61%, 50%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b232cd  rgb(178, 50, 205)  hsl(290, 61%, 50%)  Dark Orchid