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#cdaf2c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cdaf2c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 68.63% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.63% magenta, 78.54% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 48.82°, 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 9.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.98.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4382

Complementary

  1. #cdaf2c
  2. #2c4acd

Split complementary

  1. #cdaf2c
  2. #2c9acd
  3. #5e2ccd

Analogous

  1. #cd5e2c
  2. #cdaf2c
  3. #9acd2c

Triadic

  1. #cdaf2c
  2. #2ccdaf
  3. #af2ccd

Tetradic

  1. #cdaf2c
  2. #4acd2c
  3. #2c4acd
  4. #af2ccd

Square

  1. #cdaf2c
  2. #2ccd5e
  3. #2c4acd
  4. #cd2c9a

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4311
  2. #8e791e
  3. #cdaf2c
  4. #dec867
  5. #ecdfa6

Shades

#cdaf2c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdaf2c
  2. #b99e28
  3. #a48c23
  4. #907b1f
  5. #7b691a
  6. #675816
  7. #524612
  8. #3e350d
  9. #292309
  10. #151204
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdaf2c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdaf2c
  2. #d2b741
  3. #d7bf56
  4. #dcc76b
  5. #e1cf80
  6. #e6d796
  7. #ebdfab
  8. #f0e7c0
  9. #f5efd5
  10. #faf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdaf2c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdaf2c
  2. #c5aa34
  3. #bea63d
  4. #b6a145
  5. #ae9c4e
  6. #a79856
  7. #9f935e
  8. #978e67
  9. #8f896f
  10. #888578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb08f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ab0b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab535 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dea196 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ad1d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb232 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a77a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdaf2c {
  color: #cdaf2c;
}
Background
.bg-cdaf2c {
  background-color: #cdaf2c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdaf2c {
  border: 2px solid #cdaf2c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdaf2c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 175 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 65% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdaf2c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdaf2c, #9acd2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdaf2c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 175 44 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.98 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.36 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.36 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.60 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.15 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.64 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.74 #3250d3 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cdaf2c  rgb(205, 175, 44)  hsl(49, 65%, 49%)  Old Gold
#2c4acd  rgb(44, 74, 205)  hsl(229, 65%, 49%)  Sapphire
#2ccdaf  rgb(44, 205, 175)  hsl(169, 65%, 49%)  Medium Aquamarine
#af2ccd  rgb(175, 44, 205)  hsl(289, 65%, 49%)  Dark Orchid