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#CEA809

#cea809 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cea809 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 65.88% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.45% magenta, 95.63% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 48.43°, with 91.63% saturation and 42.16% 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 9.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.01.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4115

Complementary

  1. #cea809
  2. #092fce

Split complementary

  1. #cea809
  2. #0991ce
  3. #4609ce

Analogous

  1. #ce4609
  2. #cea809
  3. #91ce09

Triadic

  1. #cea809
  2. #09cea8
  3. #a809ce

Tetradic

  1. #cea809
  2. #2fce09
  3. #092fce
  4. #a809ce

Square

  1. #cea809
  2. #09ce46
  3. #092fce
  4. #ce0991

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3003
  2. #856c06
  3. #cea809
  4. #f6cf2e
  5. #f9e077

Shades

#cea809 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cea809
  2. #b99708
  3. #a58607
  4. #907606
  5. #7c6505
  6. #675405
  7. #524304
  8. #3e3203
  9. #292202
  10. #151101
  11. #000000

Tints

#cea809 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cea809
  2. #d3b122
  3. #d8b93a
  4. #ddc253
  5. #e2cb6b
  6. #e7d484
  7. #ebdc9d
  8. #f0e5b5
  9. #f5eece
  10. #faf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cea809 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cea809
  2. #c6a415
  3. #bea021
  4. #b79c2d
  5. #af9839
  6. #a79445
  7. #9f9050
  8. #978c5c
  9. #908868
  10. #888474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #baaa88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b01d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0998f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9ad17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d99f71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cea809 {
  color: #cea809;
}
Background
.bg-cea809 {
  background-color: #cea809;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cea809 {
  border: 2px solid #cea809;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cea809;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 168 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cea809 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cea809, #91ce09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cea809 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 168 9 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.01 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.66 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.87 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.44 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.87 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.12 #3157f6 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cea809  rgb(206, 168, 9)  hsl(48, 92%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#092fce  rgb(9, 47, 206)  hsl(228, 92%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#09cea8  rgb(9, 206, 168)  hsl(168, 92%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#a809ce  rgb(168, 9, 206)  hsl(288, 92%, 42%)  Dark Orchid