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#CDAE63

#cdae63 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cdae63 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 68.24% green and 38.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.12% magenta, 51.71% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 42.45°, with 51.46% saturation and 59.61% 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 9.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 5.13.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4415

Complementary

  1. #cdae63
  2. #6382cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdae63
  2. #63b7cd
  3. #7963cd

Analogous

  1. #cd7963
  2. #cdae63
  3. #b7cd63

Triadic

  1. #cdae63
  2. #63cdae
  3. #ae63cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdae63
  2. #82cd63
  3. #6382cd
  4. #ae63cd

Square

  1. #cdae63
  2. #63cd79
  3. #6382cd
  4. #cd63b7

Monochromatic

  1. #725c25
  2. #ac8a37
  3. #cdae63
  4. #e0cc9d
  5. #f2ead7

Shades

#cdae63 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdae63
  2. #b99d59
  3. #a48b4f
  4. #907a45
  5. #7b683b
  6. #675732
  7. #524628
  8. #3e341e
  9. #292314
  10. #15110a
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdae63 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdae63
  2. #d2b673
  3. #d7be82
  4. #dcc692
  5. #e1cea1
  6. #e6d7b1
  7. #ebdfc1
  8. #f0e7d0
  9. #f5efe0
  10. #faf7ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdae63 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdae63
  2. #c5a966
  3. #bea569
  4. #b6a06c
  5. #ae9c6f
  6. #a79772
  7. #9f9274
  8. #978e77
  9. #8f897a
  10. #88857d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb098 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #beac5d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b566 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dba39c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4ad5f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8b265 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6a789 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdae63 {
  color: #cdae63;
}
Background
.bg-cdae63 {
  background-color: #cdae63;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdae63 {
  border: 2px solid #cdae63;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdae63;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 174 99;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 51% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdae63 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdae63, #b7cd63);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdae63 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 174 99 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.13 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.15 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.35 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.05 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.39 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.56 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 7.62 #32519c Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#cdae63  rgb(205, 174, 99)  hsl(42, 51%, 60%)  Vegas Gold
#6382cd  rgb(99, 130, 205)  hsl(222, 51%, 60%)  Glaucous
#63cdae  rgb(99, 205, 174)  hsl(162, 51%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae63cd  rgb(174, 99, 205)  hsl(282, 51%, 60%)  Medium Orchid