Information about Old Gold color
Basic facts about this digital color
A energetic, saturated golden yellow, #CFB53B feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Warm Olive (#C7B63C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Metallic Gold (#D3AF37) and Leo (#DAB135).
The recipe behind #CFB53B is rgb(207, 181, 59), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CFB53B: 10.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.0:1 for white. The name "Old Gold" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Old Gold color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Old Gold color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Old Gold color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Old Gold color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Old Gold color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Old Gold color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Old Gold color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Old Gold
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#C7B63C
#D3AF37
#DAB135
#DCB83E
#C1B943
#CFA94A
#E2B13C
#CBA92B
#DDB12C
#CBA135
#E3AC3D
#E5B73B
Old Gold color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#CFB53B
- RGB207, 181, 59
- CMYK0, 10, 58, 19
- CSSrgb(207, 181, 59)
- HSL49°, 61%, 52%
- HSL Precise49.459°, 60.656%, 52.157%
- HSV49°, 71%, 81%
- HSB49°, 71%, 81%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.812
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.710
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.231
- GLSLvec3(0.812, 0.710, 0.231)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.812, 0.710, 0.231, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.812, 0.710, 0.231)
- Percentage of Red in RGB81.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB71%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB23.1%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDCFB53B
- DECIMAL ID13612347
- Name Length8
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