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#CEAE25

#ceae25 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ceae25 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 68.24% green and 14.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.53% magenta, 82.04% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 48.64°, with 69.55% saturation and 47.65% 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 9.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.23.

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Relative luminance0.4353

Complementary

  1. #ceae25
  2. #2545ce

Split complementary

  1. #ceae25
  2. #259ace
  3. #5a25ce

Analogous

  1. #ce5a25
  2. #ceae25
  3. #9ace25

Triadic

  1. #ceae25
  2. #25ceae
  3. #ae25ce

Tetradic

  1. #ceae25
  2. #45ce25
  3. #2545ce
  4. #ae25ce

Square

  1. #ceae25
  2. #25ce5a
  3. #2545ce
  4. #ce259a

Monochromatic

  1. #4c400e
  2. #8d7719
  3. #ceae25
  4. #e2c95e
  5. #eedf9e

Shades

#ceae25 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ceae25
  2. #b99d21
  3. #a58b1e
  4. #907a1a
  5. #7c6816
  6. #675713
  7. #52460f
  8. #3e340b
  9. #292307
  10. #151104
  11. #000000

Tints

#ceae25 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ceae25
  2. #d3b63b
  3. #d8be51
  4. #ddc666
  5. #e2ce7c
  6. #e7d792
  7. #ebdfa8
  8. #f0e7be
  9. #f5efd3
  10. #faf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ceae25 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ceae25
  2. #c6a92e
  3. #bea537
  4. #b7a040
  5. #af9c49
  6. #a79753
  7. #9f925c
  8. #978e65
  9. #90896e
  10. #888577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdaf8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b42f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df9f95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7ac11 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb22c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d9a578 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ceae25 {
  color: #ceae25;
}
Background
.bg-ceae25 {
  background-color: #ceae25;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ceae25 {
  border: 2px solid #ceae25;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ceae25;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 174 37;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 70% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ceae25 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ceae25, #9ace25);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ceae25 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 174 37 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.23 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.61 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.14 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.15 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.26 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.66 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.55 #3151da Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#ceae25  rgb(206, 174, 37)  hsl(49, 70%, 48%)  Metallic Gold
#2545ce  rgb(37, 69, 206)  hsl(229, 70%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#25ceae  rgb(37, 206, 174)  hsl(169, 70%, 48%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae25ce  rgb(174, 37, 206)  hsl(289, 70%, 48%)  Dark Orchid