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#CDBA4E

#cdba4e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cdba4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 72.94% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.27% magenta, 61.95% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 51.02°, with 55.95% saturation and 55.49% 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 10.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.7.

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Relative luminance0.4865

Complementary

  1. #cdba4e
  2. #4e61cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdba4e
  2. #4ea1cd
  3. #7a4ecd

Analogous

  1. #cd7a4e
  2. #cdba4e
  3. #a1cd4e

Triadic

  1. #cdba4e
  2. #4ecdba
  3. #ba4ecd

Tetradic

  1. #cdba4e
  2. #61cd4e
  3. #4e61cd
  4. #ba4ecd

Square

  1. #cdba4e
  2. #4ecd7a
  3. #4e61cd
  4. #cd4ea1

Monochromatic

  1. #655a1d
  2. #a1902d
  3. #cdba4e
  4. #ded18a
  5. #efe9c5

Shades

#cdba4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdba4e
  2. #b9a746
  3. #a4953e
  4. #908237
  5. #7b702f
  6. #675d27
  7. #524a1f
  8. #3e3817
  9. #292510
  10. #151308
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdba4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdba4e
  2. #d2c160
  3. #d7c871
  4. #dccf83
  5. #e1d695
  6. #e6dda7
  7. #ebe3b8
  8. #f0eaca
  9. #f5f1dc
  10. #faf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdba4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdba4e
  2. #c5b453
  3. #beae58
  4. #b6a95d
  5. #aea362
  6. #a79d67
  7. #9f976c
  8. #979171
  9. #8f8c76
  10. #88867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1ba9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb542 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bc54 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcada3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccb747 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfbb51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6b389 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdba4e {
  color: #cdba4e;
}
Background
.bg-cdba4e {
  background-color: #cdba4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdba4e {
  border: 2px solid #cdba4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdba4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 186 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 56% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdba4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdba4e, #a1cd4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdba4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 186 78 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.70 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.60 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.89 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.22 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.50 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.67 #3245b1 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdba4e  rgb(205, 186, 78)  hsl(51, 56%, 55%)  Old Gold
#4e61cd  rgb(78, 97, 205)  hsl(231, 56%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#4ecdba  rgb(78, 205, 186)  hsl(171, 56%, 55%)  Turquoise
#ba4ecd  rgb(186, 78, 205)  hsl(291, 56%, 55%)  Medium Orchid