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#CCAE4F

#ccae4f ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ccae4f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 68.24% green and 30.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.71% magenta, 61.27% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 45.6°, with 55.07% 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 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4367

Complementary

  1. #ccae4f
  2. #4f6dcc

Split complementary

  1. #ccae4f
  2. #4faccc
  3. #6f4fcc

Analogous

  1. #cc6f4f
  2. #ccae4f
  3. #accc4f

Triadic

  1. #ccae4f
  2. #4fccae
  3. #ae4fcc

Tetradic

  1. #ccae4f
  2. #6dcc4f
  3. #4f6dcc
  4. #ae4fcc

Square

  1. #ccae4f
  2. #4fcc6f
  3. #4f6dcc
  4. #cc4fac

Monochromatic

  1. #65541d
  2. #a0852e
  3. #ccae4f
  4. #ddc98a
  5. #eee5c6

Shades

#ccae4f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccae4f
  2. #b89d47
  3. #a38b3f
  4. #8f7a37
  5. #7a682f
  6. #665728
  7. #524620
  8. #3d3418
  9. #292310
  10. #141108
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccae4f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccae4f
  2. #d1b661
  3. #d6be72
  4. #dbc684
  5. #e0ce95
  6. #e6d7a7
  7. #ebdfb9
  8. #f0e7ca
  9. #f5efdc
  10. #faf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccae4f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccae4f
  2. #c4a954
  3. #bda559
  4. #b5a05e
  5. #ae9c63
  6. #a69768
  7. #9e926c
  8. #978e71
  9. #8f8976
  10. #88857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcaf93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfab45 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b453 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dba199 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4ac49 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9b252 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5a782 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccae4f {
  color: #ccae4f;
}
Background
.bg-ccae4f {
  background-color: #ccae4f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccae4f {
  border: 2px solid #ccae4f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccae4f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 174 79;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 55% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccae4f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccae4f, #accc4f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccae4f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 174 79 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.35 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.65 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.94 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.49 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.86 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.89 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.77 #3351b0 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#ccae4f  rgb(204, 174, 79)  hsl(46, 55%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#4f6dcc  rgb(79, 109, 204)  hsl(226, 55%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#4fccae  rgb(79, 204, 174)  hsl(166, 55%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae4fcc  rgb(174, 79, 204)  hsl(286, 55%, 55%)  Medium Orchid