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#CDAE0C

#cdae0c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cdae0c 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 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.12% magenta, 94.15% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 50.36°, with 88.94% saturation and 42.55% 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 9.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.27.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4328

Complementary

  1. #cdae0c
  2. #0c2bcd

Split complementary

  1. #cdae0c
  2. #0c8ccd
  3. #4d0ccd

Analogous

  1. #cd4d0c
  2. #cdae0c
  3. #8ccd0c

Triadic

  1. #cdae0c
  2. #0ccdae
  3. #ae0ccd

Tetradic

  1. #cdae0c
  2. #2bcd0c
  3. #0c2bcd
  4. #ae0ccd

Square

  1. #cdae0c
  2. #0ccd4d
  3. #0c2bcd
  4. #cd0c8c

Monochromatic

  1. #3c3304
  2. #857108
  3. #cdae0c
  4. #f3d432
  5. #f7e37b

Shades

#cdae0c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdae0c
  2. #b99d0b
  3. #a48b0a
  4. #907a08
  5. #7b6807
  6. #675706
  7. #524605
  8. #3e3404
  9. #292302
  10. #151101
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdae0c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdae0c
  2. #d2b624
  3. #d7be3d
  4. #dcc655
  5. #e1ce6d
  6. #e6d786
  7. #ebdf9e
  8. #f0e7b6
  9. #f5efce
  10. #faf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdae0c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdae0c
  2. #c5a918
  3. #bea523
  4. #b6a02f
  5. #ae9c3a
  6. #a79746
  7. #9f9252
  8. #978e5d
  9. #8f8969
  10. #888574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.66:1 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 #cab420 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #de9f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb21a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8a575 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdae0c {
  color: #cdae0c;
}
Background
.bg-cdae0c {
  background-color: #cdae0c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdae0c {
  border: 2px solid #cdae0c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdae0c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 174 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 89% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdae0c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdae0c, #8ccd0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdae0c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 174 12 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.42 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.89 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.80 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.16 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.20 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.78 #3251f3 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdae0c  rgb(205, 174, 12)  hsl(50, 89%, 43%)  Old Gold
#0c2bcd  rgb(12, 43, 205)  hsl(230, 89%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#0ccdae  rgb(12, 205, 174)  hsl(170, 89%, 43%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae0ccd  rgb(174, 12, 205)  hsl(290, 89%, 43%)  Dark Orchid