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#CDAC24

#cdac24 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdac24 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 67.45% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.1% magenta, 82.44% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 48.28°, with 70.12% saturation and 47.25% 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 9.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.15.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4261

Complementary

  1. #cdac24
  2. #2445cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdac24
  2. #2499cd
  3. #5724cd

Analogous

  1. #cd5724
  2. #cdac24
  3. #99cd24

Triadic

  1. #cdac24
  2. #24cdac
  3. #ac24cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdac24
  2. #45cd24
  3. #2445cd
  4. #ac24cd

Square

  1. #cdac24
  2. #24cd57
  3. #2445cd
  4. #cd2499

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3f0d
  2. #8c7519
  3. #cdac24
  4. #e2c85b
  5. #eede9c

Shades

#cdac24 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdac24
  2. #b99b20
  3. #a48a1d
  4. #907819
  5. #7b6716
  6. #675612
  7. #52450e
  8. #3e340b
  9. #292207
  10. #151104
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdac24 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdac24
  2. #d2b43a
  3. #d7bd50
  4. #dcc566
  5. #e1cd7c
  6. #e6d692
  7. #ebdea7
  8. #f0e6bd
  9. #f5eed3
  10. #faf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdac24 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdac24
  2. #c5a82d
  3. #bea336
  4. #b69f40
  5. #ae9a49
  6. #a79652
  7. #9f925b
  8. #978d64
  9. #8f896e
  10. #888477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbae8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b32e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #de9d93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5aa0f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab02a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8a377 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdac24 {
  color: #cdac24;
}
Background
.bg-cdac24 {
  background-color: #cdac24;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdac24 {
  border: 2px solid #cdac24;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdac24;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 172 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 70% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdac24 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdac24, #99cd24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdac24 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 172 36 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.15 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.08 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.22 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.74 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.43 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.60 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.85 #3253db Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cdac24  rgb(205, 172, 36)  hsl(48, 70%, 47%)  Metallic Gold
#2445cd  rgb(36, 69, 205)  hsl(228, 70%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#24cdac  rgb(36, 205, 172)  hsl(168, 70%, 47%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ac24cd  rgb(172, 36, 205)  hsl(288, 70%, 47%)  Dark Orchid