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#cdaf51 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cdaf51 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 68.63% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.63% magenta, 60.49% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 45.48°, with 55.36% saturation and 56.08% 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 9.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.44.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4423

Complementary

  1. #cdaf51
  2. #516fcd

Split complementary

  1. #cdaf51
  2. #51adcd
  3. #7151cd

Analogous

  1. #cd7151
  2. #cdaf51
  3. #adcd51

Triadic

  1. #cdaf51
  2. #51cdaf
  3. #af51cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdaf51
  2. #6fcd51
  3. #516fcd
  4. #af51cd

Square

  1. #cdaf51
  2. #51cd71
  3. #516fcd
  4. #cd51ad

Monochromatic

  1. #67561e
  2. #a3872f
  3. #cdaf51
  4. #deca8c
  5. #efe6c8

Shades

#cdaf51 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdaf51
  2. #b99e49
  3. #a48c41
  4. #907b39
  5. #7b6931
  6. #675829
  7. #524620
  8. #3e3518
  9. #292310
  10. #151208
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdaf51 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdaf51
  2. #d2b762
  3. #d7bf74
  4. #dcc785
  5. #e1cf97
  6. #e6d7a8
  7. #ebdfb9
  8. #f0e7cb
  9. #f5efdc
  10. #faf7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdaf51 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdaf51
  2. #c5aa56
  3. #bea65a
  4. #b6a15f
  5. #ae9c64
  6. #a79869
  7. #9f936d
  8. #978e72
  9. #8f8977
  10. #88857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb094 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0ac47 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b555 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dca29a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ad4b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab353 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6a883 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdaf51 {
  color: #cdaf51;
}
Background
.bg-cdaf51 {
  background-color: #cdaf51;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdaf51 {
  border: 2px solid #cdaf51;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdaf51;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 175 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 55% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdaf51 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdaf51, #adcd51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdaf51 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 175 81 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.44 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.59 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.97 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.68 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.79 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.00 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.67 #3250ae Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cdaf51  rgb(205, 175, 81)  hsl(45, 55%, 56%)  Metallic Gold
#516fcd  rgb(81, 111, 205)  hsl(225, 55%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#51cdaf  rgb(81, 205, 175)  hsl(165, 55%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#af51cd  rgb(175, 81, 205)  hsl(285, 55%, 56%)  Medium Orchid