#cba520

Color #cba520

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 7.03 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cba520

RGB

rgb(203, 165, 32)

HSL

hsl(46.7, 72.8%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46.7, 84.2%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 84.2%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(69.27, 1.94, 66.84)

LCH

lch(69.27, 66.87, 88.34)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.1428, 91.08)

HWB

hwb(46.7, 12.5%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2046cb

Analogous

#cb5020

#cba520

#9bcb20

Triadic

#cba520

#20cba5

#a520cb

Split-complementary

#cba520

#209bcb

#5020cb

Tetradic

#cba520

#46cb20

#2046cb

#a520cb

Square

#cba520

#20cb50

#2046cb

#cb209b

Shades

Color #cba520 mixed toward black.

#a98a1b

#876e15

#665310

#44370b

#221c05

Tints

Color #cba520 mixed toward white.

#e0bb39

#e6c961

#ecd688

#f3e4b0

#f9f1d7

Tones

Color #cba520 mixed toward gray.

#bd9d2e

#af953d

#a08d4b

#928559

#847d67

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbb5a · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#bec162 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#c97378 · ΔE 39.6

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 26.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cba520;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cba520]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Gold #ffd700

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Khaki #f0e68c

Frequently asked questions

#cba520 (#cba520) is rgb(203, 165, 32) in RGB.

No, #cba520 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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