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#CDAC00

#cdac00 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cdac00 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 67.45% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.1% magenta, 100% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 50.34°, with 100% saturation and 40.2% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.41.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4248

Complementary

  1. #cdac00
  2. #0021cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdac00
  2. #0088cd
  3. #4600cd

Analogous

  1. #cd4600
  2. #cdac00
  3. #88cd00

Triadic

  1. #cdac00
  2. #00cdac
  3. #ac00cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdac00
  2. #21cd00
  3. #0021cd
  4. #ac00cd

Square

  1. #cdac00
  2. #00cd46
  3. #0021cd
  4. #cd0088

Monochromatic

  1. #342c00
  2. #816c00
  3. #cdac00
  4. #ffda1b
  5. #ffe767

Shades

#cdac00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdac00
  2. #b99b00
  3. #a48a00
  4. #907800
  5. #7b6700
  6. #675600
  7. #524500
  8. #3e3400
  9. #292200
  10. #151100
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdac00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdac00
  2. #d2b41a
  3. #d7bd33
  4. #dcc54d
  5. #e1cd66
  6. #e6d680
  7. #ebde99
  8. #f0e6b3
  9. #f5eecc
  10. #faf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdac00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdac00
  2. #c5a80d
  3. #bea31a
  4. #b69f26
  5. #ae9a33
  6. #a79640
  7. #9f924d
  8. #978d5a
  9. #8f8966
  10. #888473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbad8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b31a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df9d92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5aa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab013 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8a373 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdac00 {
  color: #cdac00;
}
Background
.bg-cdac00 {
  background-color: #cdac00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdac00 {
  border: 2px solid #cdac00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdac00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 172 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdac00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdac00, #88cd00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdac00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 172 0 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.41 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.88 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.86 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.29 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.48 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.63 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.90 #3253ff Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cdac00  rgb(205, 172, 0)  hsl(50, 100%, 40%)  Metallic Gold
#0021cd  rgb(0, 33, 205)  hsl(230, 100%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#00cdac  rgb(0, 205, 172)  hsl(170, 100%, 40%)  Caribbean Green
#ac00cd  rgb(172, 0, 205)  hsl(290, 100%, 40%)  Dark Orchid