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#CDAC0A

#cdac0a ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cdac0a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.1% magenta, 95.12% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 49.85°, with 90.7% saturation and 42.16% 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 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 3.17.

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Relative luminance0.4251

Complementary

  1. #cdac0a
  2. #0a2bcd

Split complementary

  1. #cdac0a
  2. #0a8ccd
  3. #4b0acd

Analogous

  1. #cd4b0a
  2. #cdac0a
  3. #8ccd0a

Triadic

  1. #cdac0a
  2. #0acdac
  3. #ac0acd

Tetradic

  1. #cdac0a
  2. #2bcd0a
  3. #0a2bcd
  4. #ac0acd

Square

  1. #cdac0a
  2. #0acd4b
  3. #0a2bcd
  4. #cd0a8c

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3203
  2. #846f06
  3. #cdac0a
  4. #f5d32f
  5. #f8e378

Shades

#cdac0a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdac0a
  2. #b99b09
  3. #a48a08
  4. #907807
  5. #7b6706
  6. #675605
  7. #524504
  8. #3e3403
  9. #292202
  10. #151101
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdac0a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdac0a
  2. #d2b423
  3. #d7bd3b
  4. #dcc554
  5. #e1cd6c
  6. #e6d685
  7. #ebde9d
  8. #f0e6b6
  9. #f5eece
  10. #faf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdac0a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdac0a
  2. #c5a816
  3. #bea322
  4. #b69f2d
  5. #ae9a39
  6. #a79645
  7. #9f9251
  8. #978d5d
  9. #8f8968
  10. #888474
  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 #bbad8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b31f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df9d92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5aa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab018 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8a374 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdac0a {
  color: #cdac0a;
}
Background
.bg-cdac0a {
  background-color: #cdac0a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdac0a {
  border: 2px solid #cdac0a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdac0a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 172 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 91% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdac0a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdac0a, #8ccd0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdac0a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 172 10 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.17 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.70 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.72 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.17 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.30 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.40 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.87 #3253f5 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cdac0a  rgb(205, 172, 10)  hsl(50, 91%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#0a2bcd  rgb(10, 43, 205)  hsl(230, 91%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0acdac  rgb(10, 205, 172)  hsl(170, 91%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#ac0acd  rgb(172, 10, 205)  hsl(290, 91%, 42%)  Dark Orchid