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#CFA440

#cfa440 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfa440 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 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.77% magenta, 69.08% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 41.96°, with 59.83% saturation and 53.14% 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 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.7.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4019

Complementary

  1. #cfa440
  2. #406bcf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa440
  2. #40b2cf
  3. #5d40cf

Analogous

  1. #cf5d40
  2. #cfa440
  3. #b2cf40

Triadic

  1. #cfa440
  2. #40cfa4
  3. #a440cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa440
  2. #6bcf40
  3. #406bcf
  4. #a440cf

Square

  1. #cfa440
  2. #40cf5d
  3. #406bcf
  4. #cf40b2

Monochromatic

  1. #5e4918
  2. #9b7827
  3. #cfa440
  4. #dec17d
  5. #eedeba

Shades

#cfa440 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa440
  2. #ba943a
  3. #a68333
  4. #91732d
  5. #7c6226
  6. #685220
  7. #53421a
  8. #3e3113
  9. #29210d
  10. #151006
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa440 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa440
  2. #d4ad53
  3. #d9b666
  4. #ddbf79
  5. #e2c88c
  6. #e7d2a0
  7. #ecdbb3
  8. #f1e4c6
  9. #f5edd9
  10. #faf6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa440 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa440
  2. #c7a046
  3. #bf9d4d
  4. #b79953
  5. #af965a
  6. #a89260
  7. #a08e66
  8. #988b6d
  9. #908773
  10. #88847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #baa88c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a333 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2af44 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0968f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a439 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7ab43 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d99c77 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa440 {
  color: #cfa440;
}
Background
.bg-cfa440 {
  background-color: #cfa440;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa440 {
  border: 2px solid #cfa440;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa440;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 164 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 60% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa440 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa440, #b2cf40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa440 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 164 64 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.91 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.65 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.12 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.26 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 7.53 #305bbf Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cfa440  rgb(207, 164, 64)  hsl(42, 60%, 53%)  Goldenrod
#406bcf  rgb(64, 107, 207)  hsl(222, 60%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#40cfa4  rgb(64, 207, 164)  hsl(162, 60%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#a440cf  rgb(164, 64, 207)  hsl(282, 60%, 53%)  Dark Orchid