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#CEAA0C

#ceaa0c ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ceaa0c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 66.67% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.48% magenta, 94.17% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 48.87°, with 88.99% saturation and 42.75% 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 9.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.87.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.419

Complementary

  1. #ceaa0c
  2. #0c30ce

Split complementary

  1. #ceaa0c
  2. #0c91ce
  3. #490cce

Analogous

  1. #ce490c
  2. #ceaa0c
  3. #91ce0c

Triadic

  1. #ceaa0c
  2. #0cceaa
  3. #aa0cce

Tetradic

  1. #ceaa0c
  2. #30ce0c
  3. #0c30ce
  4. #aa0cce

Square

  1. #ceaa0c
  2. #0cce49
  3. #0c30ce
  4. #ce0c91

Monochromatic

  1. #3d3304
  2. #866e08
  3. #ceaa0c
  4. #f3d033
  5. #f7e07c

Shades

#ceaa0c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ceaa0c
  2. #b9990b
  3. #a5880a
  4. #907708
  5. #7c6607
  6. #675506
  7. #524405
  8. #3e3304
  9. #292202
  10. #151101
  11. #000000

Tints

#ceaa0c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ceaa0c
  2. #d3b324
  3. #d8bb3d
  4. #ddc455
  5. #e2cc6d
  6. #e7d586
  7. #ebdd9e
  8. #f0e6b6
  9. #f5eece
  10. #faf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ceaa0c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ceaa0c
  2. #c6a618
  3. #bea223
  4. #b79d2f
  5. #af993a
  6. #a79546
  7. #9f9152
  8. #978d5d
  9. #908869
  10. #888474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbac8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b21f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e09b91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5a800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #caaf19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d9a173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ceaa0c {
  color: #ceaa0c;
}
Background
.bg-ceaa0c {
  background-color: #ceaa0c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ceaa0c {
  border: 2px solid #ceaa0c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ceaa0c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 170 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 89% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ceaa0c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ceaa0c, #91ce0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ceaa0c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 170 12 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.87 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.27 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.25 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.39 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.61 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.74 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.87 #3155f3 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#ceaa0c  rgb(206, 170, 12)  hsl(49, 89%, 43%)  Metallic Gold
#0c30ce  rgb(12, 48, 206)  hsl(229, 89%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#0cceaa  rgb(12, 206, 170)  hsl(169, 89%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#aa0cce  rgb(170, 12, 206)  hsl(289, 89%, 43%)  Dark Orchid