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#CDAE09

#cdae09 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cdae09 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 68.24% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.12% magenta, 95.61% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 50.51°, with 91.59% saturation and 41.96% 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 9.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.34.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4327

Complementary

  1. #cdae09
  2. #0928cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdae09
  2. #098acd
  3. #4c09cd

Analogous

  1. #cd4c09
  2. #cdae09
  3. #8acd09

Triadic

  1. #cdae09
  2. #09cdae
  3. #ae09cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdae09
  2. #28cd09
  3. #0928cd
  4. #ae09cd

Square

  1. #cdae09
  2. #09cd4c
  3. #0928cd
  4. #cd098a

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3203
  2. #847006
  3. #cdae09
  4. #f6d62d
  5. #f9e476

Shades

#cdae09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdae09
  2. #b99d08
  3. #a48b07
  4. #907a06
  5. #7b6805
  6. #675705
  7. #524604
  8. #3e3403
  9. #292302
  10. #151101
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdae09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdae09
  2. #d2b622
  3. #d7be3a
  4. #dcc653
  5. #e1ce6b
  6. #e6d784
  7. #ebdf9d
  8. #f0e7b5
  9. #f5efce
  10. #faf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdae09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdae09
  2. #c5a915
  3. #bea521
  4. #b6a02d
  5. #ae9c39
  6. #a79745
  7. #9f9250
  8. #978e5c
  9. #8f8968
  10. #888574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcaf8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab41f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #de9f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb218 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8a575 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdae09 {
  color: #cdae09;
}
Background
.bg-cdae09 {
  background-color: #cdae09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdae09 {
  border: 2px solid #cdae09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdae09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 174 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdae09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdae09, #8acd09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdae09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 174 9 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.49 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.93 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.84 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.23 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.25 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.78 #3251f6 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdae09  rgb(205, 174, 9)  hsl(51, 92%, 42%)  Old Gold
#0928cd  rgb(9, 40, 205)  hsl(231, 92%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#09cdae  rgb(9, 205, 174)  hsl(171, 92%, 42%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae09cd  rgb(174, 9, 205)  hsl(291, 92%, 42%)  Dark Orchid