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#CFA331

#cfa331 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfa331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 63.92% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.26% magenta, 76.33% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 43.29°, with 62.2% saturation and 50.2% 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 8.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.73.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3968

Complementary

  1. #cfa331
  2. #315dcf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa331
  2. #31accf
  3. #5431cf

Analogous

  1. #cf5431
  2. #cfa331
  3. #accf31

Triadic

  1. #cfa331
  2. #31cfa3
  3. #a331cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa331
  2. #5dcf31
  3. #315dcf
  4. #a331cf

Square

  1. #cfa331
  2. #31cf54
  3. #315dcf
  4. #cf31ac

Monochromatic

  1. #544213
  2. #927222
  3. #cfa331
  4. #ddbf6f
  5. #ecdaad

Shades

#cfa331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa331
  2. #ba932c
  3. #a68227
  4. #917222
  5. #7c621d
  6. #685219
  7. #534114
  8. #3e310f
  9. #29210a
  10. #151005
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa331
  2. #d4ac46
  3. #d9b55a
  4. #ddbf6f
  5. #e2c883
  6. #e7d198
  7. #ecdaad
  8. #f1e3c1
  9. #f5edd6
  10. #faf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa331
  2. #c7a039
  3. #bf9c41
  4. #b79949
  5. #af9551
  6. #a89259
  7. #a08e60
  8. #988b68
  9. #908770
  10. #888478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9a789 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a21d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2ae37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e1948d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a326 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7aa35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #da9a73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa331 {
  color: #cfa331;
}
Background
.bg-cfa331 {
  background-color: #cfa331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa331 {
  border: 2px solid #cfa331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 163 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 62% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa331, #accf31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 163 49 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.73 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.79 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.62 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.81 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.20 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 7.35 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.77 #305cce Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cfa331  rgb(207, 163, 49)  hsl(43, 62%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#315dcf  rgb(49, 93, 207)  hsl(223, 62%, 50%)  Denim
#31cfa3  rgb(49, 207, 163)  hsl(163, 62%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a331cf  rgb(163, 49, 207)  hsl(283, 62%, 50%)  Dark Orchid