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#CDB91C

#cdb91c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdb91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 72.55% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.76% magenta, 86.34% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 53.22°, with 75.97% saturation and 45.69% 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 10.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.23.

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Relative luminance0.4776

Complementary

  1. #cdb91c
  2. #1c30cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdb91c
  2. #1c89cd
  3. #611ccd

Analogous

  1. #cd611c
  2. #cdb91c
  3. #89cd1c

Triadic

  1. #cdb91c
  2. #1ccdb9
  3. #b91ccd

Tetradic

  1. #cdb91c
  2. #30cd1c
  3. #1c30cd
  4. #b91ccd

Square

  1. #cdb91c
  2. #1ccd61
  3. #1c30cd
  4. #cd1c89

Monochromatic

  1. #46400a
  2. #8a7c13
  3. #cdb91c
  4. #e7d64f
  5. #f0e592

Shades

#cdb91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdb91c
  2. #b9a719
  3. #a49416
  4. #908214
  5. #7b6f11
  6. #675d0e
  7. #524a0b
  8. #3e3808
  9. #292506
  10. #151303
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdb91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdb91c
  2. #d2c033
  3. #d7c749
  4. #dcce60
  5. #e1d577
  6. #e6dc8e
  7. #ebe3a4
  8. #f0eabb
  9. #f5f1d2
  10. #faf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdb91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdb91c
  2. #c5b326
  3. #beae30
  4. #b6a83a
  5. #aea244
  6. #a79d4e
  7. #9f9758
  8. #979162
  9. #8f8b6c
  10. #888676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1b893 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bb2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #deab9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccb600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ba26 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7b17e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdb91c {
  color: #cdb91c;
}
Background
.bg-cdb91c {
  background-color: #cdb91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdb91c {
  border: 2px solid #cdb91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdb91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 185 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 76% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdb91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdb91c, #89cd1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdb91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 185 28 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.23 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.99 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.08 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.69 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.57 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.66 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.78 #3246e3 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdb91c  rgb(205, 185, 28)  hsl(53, 76%, 46%)  Old Gold
#1c30cd  rgb(28, 48, 205)  hsl(233, 76%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#1ccdb9  rgb(28, 205, 185)  hsl(173, 76%, 46%)  Turquoise
#b91ccd  rgb(185, 28, 205)  hsl(293, 76%, 46%)  Dark Orchid