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#CDAD0A

#cdad0a ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cdad0a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 67.84% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.61% magenta, 95.12% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 50.15°, 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 9.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.3.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4289

Complementary

  1. #cdad0a
  2. #0a2acd

Split complementary

  1. #cdad0a
  2. #0a8ccd
  3. #4b0acd

Analogous

  1. #cd4b0a
  2. #cdad0a
  3. #8ccd0a

Triadic

  1. #cdad0a
  2. #0acdad
  3. #ad0acd

Tetradic

  1. #cdad0a
  2. #2acd0a
  3. #0a2acd
  4. #ad0acd

Square

  1. #cdad0a
  2. #0acd4b
  3. #0a2acd
  4. #cd0a8c

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3203
  2. #846f06
  3. #cdad0a
  4. #f5d42f
  5. #f8e378

Shades

#cdad0a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdad0a
  2. #b99c09
  3. #a48a08
  4. #907907
  5. #7b6806
  6. #675705
  7. #524504
  8. #3e3403
  9. #292302
  10. #151101
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdad0a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdad0a
  2. #d2b523
  3. #d7bd3b
  4. #dcc654
  5. #e1ce6c
  6. #e6d685
  7. #ebde9d
  8. #f0e6b6
  9. #f5efce
  10. #faf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdad0a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdad0a
  2. #c5a916
  3. #bea422
  4. #b6a02d
  5. #ae9b39
  6. #a79745
  7. #9f9251
  8. #978e5d
  9. #8f8968
  10. #888574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcae8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b31f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #de9e93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ab00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb118 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8a475 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdad0a {
  color: #cdad0a;
}
Background
.bg-cdad0a {
  background-color: #cdad0a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdad0a {
  border: 2px solid #cdad0a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdad0a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 173 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 91% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdad0a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdad0a, #8ccd0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdad0a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 173 10 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.30 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.49 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.81 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.50 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.26 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.30 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.82 #3252f5 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cdad0a  rgb(205, 173, 10)  hsl(50, 91%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#0a2acd  rgb(10, 42, 205)  hsl(230, 91%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0acdad  rgb(10, 205, 173)  hsl(170, 91%, 42%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ad0acd  rgb(173, 10, 205)  hsl(290, 91%, 42%)  Dark Orchid