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#CFA63A

#cfa63a ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfa63a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 65.1% green and 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.81% magenta, 71.98% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 43.49°, with 60.82% saturation and 51.96% 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 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.03.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4084

Complementary

  1. #cfa63a
  2. #3a63cf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa63a
  2. #3aaecf
  3. #5b3acf

Analogous

  1. #cf5b3a
  2. #cfa63a
  3. #aecf3a

Triadic

  1. #cfa63a
  2. #3acfa6
  3. #a63acf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa63a
  2. #63cf3a
  3. #3a63cf
  4. #a63acf

Square

  1. #cfa63a
  2. #3acf5b
  3. #3a63cf
  4. #cf3aae

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4716
  2. #987825
  3. #cfa63a
  4. #dec278
  5. #eddeb5

Shades

#cfa63a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa63a
  2. #ba9534
  3. #a6852e
  4. #917429
  5. #7c6423
  6. #68531d
  7. #534217
  8. #3e3211
  9. #29210c
  10. #151106
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa63a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa63a
  2. #d4af4e
  3. #d9b861
  4. #ddc175
  5. #e2ca89
  6. #e7d39d
  7. #ecdbb0
  8. #f1e4c4
  9. #f5edd8
  10. #faf6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa63a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa63a
  2. #c7a241
  3. #bf9e48
  4. #b79b4f
  5. #af9756
  6. #a8935d
  7. #a08f64
  8. #988b6b
  9. #908872
  10. #888479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bba98c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a52b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b03f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e09890 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2a531 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8ac3d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #da9e77 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa63a {
  color: #cfa63a;
}
Background
.bg-cfa63a {
  background-color: #cfa63a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa63a {
  border: 2px solid #cfa63a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa63a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 166 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 61% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa63a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa63a, #aecf3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa63a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 166 58 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.03 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.17 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.92 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.28 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.69 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.77 #3059c5 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cfa63a  rgb(207, 166, 58)  hsl(43, 61%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#3a63cf  rgb(58, 99, 207)  hsl(223, 61%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#3acfa6  rgb(58, 207, 166)  hsl(163, 61%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#a63acf  rgb(166, 58, 207)  hsl(283, 61%, 52%)  Dark Orchid