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#CFA42B

#cfa42b ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfa42b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 64.31% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.77% magenta, 79.23% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 44.27°, with 65.6% saturation and 49.02% 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 9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.75.

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Relative luminance0.3999

Complementary

  1. #cfa42b
  2. #2b56cf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa42b
  2. #2ba8cf
  3. #522bcf

Analogous

  1. #cf522b
  2. #cfa42b
  3. #a8cf2b

Triadic

  1. #cfa42b
  2. #2bcfa4
  3. #a42bcf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa42b
  2. #56cf2b
  3. #2b56cf
  4. #a42bcf

Square

  1. #cfa42b
  2. #2bcf52
  3. #2b56cf
  4. #cf2ba8

Monochromatic

  1. #504011
  2. #90721e
  3. #cfa42b
  4. #dfc067
  5. #eddaa6

Shades

#cfa42b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa42b
  2. #ba9427
  3. #a68322
  4. #91731e
  5. #7c621a
  6. #685216
  7. #534211
  8. #3e310d
  9. #292109
  10. #151004
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa42b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa42b
  2. #d4ad40
  3. #d9b655
  4. #ddbf6b
  5. #e2c880
  6. #e7d295
  7. #ecdbaa
  8. #f1e4bf
  9. #f5edd5
  10. #faf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa42b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa42b
  2. #c7a034
  3. #bf9d3c
  4. #b79945
  5. #af964d
  6. #a89256
  7. #a08e5e
  8. #988b67
  9. #90876f
  10. #888478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #baa789 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a310 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3ae32 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e1958d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2a31e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8aa2f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #da9b72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa42b {
  color: #cfa42b;
}
Background
.bg-cfa42b {
  background-color: #cfa42b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa42b {
  border: 2px solid #cfa42b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa42b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 164 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 66% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa42b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa42b, #a8cf2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa42b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 164 43 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.34 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.27 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.62 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 7.80 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.23 #305bd4 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cfa42b  rgb(207, 164, 43)  hsl(44, 66%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#2b56cf  rgb(43, 86, 207)  hsl(224, 66%, 49%)  Sapphire
#2bcfa4  rgb(43, 207, 164)  hsl(164, 66%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a42bcf  rgb(164, 43, 207)  hsl(284, 66%, 49%)  Dark Orchid