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#CDAB50

#cdab50 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cdab50 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 67.06% green and 31.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.59% magenta, 60.98% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 43.68°, with 55.56% saturation and 55.88% 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 9.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.72.

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Relative luminance0.4268

Complementary

  1. #cdab50
  2. #5072cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdab50
  2. #50b0cd
  3. #6c50cd

Analogous

  1. #cd6c50
  2. #cdab50
  3. #b0cd50

Triadic

  1. #cdab50
  2. #50cdab
  3. #ab50cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdab50
  2. #72cd50
  3. #5072cd
  4. #ab50cd

Square

  1. #cdab50
  2. #50cd6c
  3. #5072cd
  4. #cd50b0

Monochromatic

  1. #67531d
  2. #a2832e
  3. #cdab50
  4. #dec88b
  5. #efe4c7

Shades

#cdab50 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdab50
  2. #b99a48
  3. #a48940
  4. #907838
  5. #7b6730
  6. #675628
  7. #524420
  8. #3e3318
  9. #292210
  10. #151108
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdab50 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdab50
  2. #d2b362
  3. #d7bc73
  4. #dcc485
  5. #e1cd96
  6. #e6d5a8
  7. #ebddb9
  8. #f0e6cb
  9. #f5eedc
  10. #faf7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdab50 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdab50
  2. #c5a755
  3. #bea25a
  4. #b69e5e
  5. #ae9a63
  6. #a79668
  7. #9f916d
  8. #978d72
  9. #8f8976
  10. #88847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcad92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca947 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b354 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd9e97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3aa4b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8b052 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a380 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdab50 {
  color: #cdab50;
}
Background
.bg-cdab50 {
  background-color: #cdab50;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdab50 {
  border: 2px solid #cdab50;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdab50;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 171 80;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 56% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdab50 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdab50, #b0cd50);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdab50 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 171 80 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.72 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.00 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.30 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.86 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.08 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.44 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.00 #3254af Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cdab50  rgb(205, 171, 80)  hsl(44, 56%, 56%)  Metallic Gold
#5072cd  rgb(80, 114, 205)  hsl(224, 56%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#50cdab  rgb(80, 205, 171)  hsl(164, 56%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ab50cd  rgb(171, 80, 205)  hsl(284, 56%, 56%)  Medium Orchid