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#CDAD3A

#cdad3a ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdad3a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 67.84% green and 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.61% magenta, 71.71% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 46.94°, with 59.51% saturation and 51.57% 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 9.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 1.61.

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Relative luminance0.4317

Complementary

  1. #cdad3a
  2. #3a5acd

Split complementary

  1. #cdad3a
  2. #3aa3cd
  3. #643acd

Analogous

  1. #cd643a
  2. #cdad3a
  3. #a3cd3a

Triadic

  1. #cdad3a
  2. #3acdad
  3. #ad3acd

Tetradic

  1. #cdad3a
  2. #5acd3a
  3. #3a5acd
  4. #ad3acd

Square

  1. #cdad3a
  2. #3acd64
  3. #3a5acd
  4. #cd3aa3

Monochromatic

  1. #584916
  2. #957d26
  3. #cdad3a
  4. #dcc677
  5. #ece0b4

Shades

#cdad3a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdad3a
  2. #b99c34
  3. #a48a2e
  4. #907929
  5. #7b6823
  6. #67571d
  7. #524517
  8. #3e3411
  9. #29230c
  10. #151106
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdad3a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdad3a
  2. #d2b54e
  3. #d7bd61
  4. #dcc675
  5. #e1ce89
  6. #e6d69d
  7. #ebdeb0
  8. #f0e6c4
  9. #f5efd8
  10. #faf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdad3a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdad3a
  2. #c5a941
  3. #bea448
  4. #b6a04f
  5. #ae9b56
  6. #a7975d
  7. #9f9264
  8. #978e6b
  9. #8f8972
  10. #888579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcaf8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa29 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b440 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #de9f96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ab31 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab13e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a57b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdad3a {
  color: #cdad3a;
}
Background
.bg-cdad3a {
  background-color: #cdad3a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdad3a {
  border: 2px solid #cdad3a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdad3a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 173 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 60% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdad3a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdad3a, #a3cd3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdad3a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 173 58 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.61 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.71 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.00 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.00 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.82 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.85 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.09 #3252c5 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cdad3a  rgb(205, 173, 58)  hsl(47, 60%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#3a5acd  rgb(58, 90, 205)  hsl(227, 60%, 52%)  Sapphire
#3acdad  rgb(58, 205, 173)  hsl(167, 60%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ad3acd  rgb(173, 58, 205)  hsl(287, 60%, 52%)  Dark Orchid