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#CDAE2C

#cdae2c ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdae2c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 68.24% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.12% magenta, 78.54% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 48.45°, with 64.66% saturation and 48.82% 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 9.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.12.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4343

Complementary

  1. #cdae2c
  2. #2c4bcd

Split complementary

  1. #cdae2c
  2. #2c9bcd
  3. #5e2ccd

Analogous

  1. #cd5e2c
  2. #cdae2c
  3. #9bcd2c

Triadic

  1. #cdae2c
  2. #2ccdae
  3. #ae2ccd

Tetradic

  1. #cdae2c
  2. #4bcd2c
  3. #2c4bcd
  4. #ae2ccd

Square

  1. #cdae2c
  2. #2ccd5e
  3. #2c4bcd
  4. #cd2c9b

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4311
  2. #8e791e
  3. #cdae2c
  4. #dec767
  5. #ecdea6

Shades

#cdae2c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdae2c
  2. #b99d28
  3. #a48b23
  4. #907a1f
  5. #7b681a
  6. #675716
  7. #524612
  8. #3e340d
  9. #292309
  10. #151104
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdae2c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdae2c
  2. #d2b641
  3. #d7be56
  4. #dcc66b
  5. #e1ce80
  6. #e6d796
  7. #ebdfab
  8. #f0e7c0
  9. #f5efd5
  10. #faf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdae2c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdae2c
  2. #c5a934
  3. #bea53d
  4. #b6a045
  5. #ae9c4e
  6. #a79756
  7. #9f925e
  8. #978e67
  9. #8f896f
  10. #888578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcaf8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ab0c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b435 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dea096 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ac1d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab231 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a679 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdae2c {
  color: #cdae2c;
}
Background
.bg-cdae2c {
  background-color: #cdae2c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdae2c {
  border: 2px solid #cdae2c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdae2c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 174 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 65% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdae2c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdae2c, #9bcd2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdae2c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 174 44 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.12 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.23 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.71 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.19 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.29 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.78 #3251d3 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cdae2c  rgb(205, 174, 44)  hsl(48, 65%, 49%)  Metallic Gold
#2c4bcd  rgb(44, 75, 205)  hsl(228, 65%, 49%)  Sapphire
#2ccdae  rgb(44, 205, 174)  hsl(168, 65%, 49%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae2ccd  rgb(174, 44, 205)  hsl(288, 65%, 49%)  Dark Orchid