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#CDA73D

#cda73d ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cda73d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 65.49% green and 23.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.54% magenta, 70.24% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 44.17°, with 59.02% saturation and 52.16% 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 9.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.72.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4095

Complementary

  1. #cda73d
  2. #3d63cd

Split complementary

  1. #cda73d
  2. #3dabcd
  3. #5f3dcd

Analogous

  1. #cd5f3d
  2. #cda73d
  3. #abcd3d

Triadic

  1. #cda73d
  2. #3dcda7
  3. #a73dcd

Tetradic

  1. #cda73d
  2. #63cd3d
  3. #3d63cd
  4. #a73dcd

Square

  1. #cda73d
  2. #3dcd5f
  3. #3d63cd
  4. #cd3dab

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4817
  2. #977927
  3. #cda73d
  4. #ddc37a
  5. #ecdeb7

Shades

#cda73d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cda73d
  2. #b99637
  3. #a48631
  4. #90752b
  5. #7b6425
  6. #67541f
  7. #524318
  8. #3e3212
  9. #29210c
  10. #151106
  11. #000000

Tints

#cda73d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cda73d
  2. #d2b050
  3. #d7b964
  4. #dcc177
  5. #e1ca8b
  6. #e6d39e
  7. #ebdcb1
  8. #f0e5c5
  9. #f5edd8
  10. #faf6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cda73d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cda73d
  2. #c5a344
  3. #be9f4a
  4. #b69b51
  5. #ae9758
  6. #a7945f
  7. #9f9065
  8. #978c6c
  9. #8f8873
  10. #888479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #baaa8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa52f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b042 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #de9991 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2a635 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7ac40 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d79f78 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cda73d {
  color: #cda73d;
}
Background
.bg-cda73d {
  background-color: #cda73d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cda73d {
  border: 2px solid #cda73d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cda73d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 167 61;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 59% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cda73d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cda73d, #abcd3d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cda73d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 167 61 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.72 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.25 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.31 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.46 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.88 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.31 #3258c2 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cda73d  rgb(205, 167, 61)  hsl(44, 59%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#3d63cd  rgb(61, 99, 205)  hsl(224, 59%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#3dcda7  rgb(61, 205, 167)  hsl(164, 59%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a73dcd  rgb(167, 61, 205)  hsl(284, 59%, 52%)  Dark Orchid