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#CFA72D

#cfa72d ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfa72d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 65.49% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.32% magenta, 78.26% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 45.19°, with 64.29% saturation and 49.41% 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 9.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.25.

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Relative luminance0.4109

Complementary

  1. #cfa72d
  2. #2d55cf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa72d
  2. #2da6cf
  3. #562dcf

Analogous

  1. #cf562d
  2. #cfa72d
  3. #a6cf2d

Triadic

  1. #cfa72d
  2. #2dcfa7
  3. #a72dcf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa72d
  2. #55cf2d
  3. #2d55cf
  4. #a72dcf

Square

  1. #cfa72d
  2. #2dcf56
  3. #2d55cf
  4. #cf2da6

Monochromatic

  1. #514212
  2. #90741f
  3. #cfa72d
  4. #dfc26a
  5. #ecdca9

Shades

#cfa72d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa72d
  2. #ba9629
  3. #a68624
  4. #917520
  5. #7c641b
  6. #685417
  7. #534312
  8. #3e320e
  9. #292109
  10. #151105
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa72d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa72d
  2. #d4b042
  3. #d9b957
  4. #ddc16c
  5. #e2ca81
  6. #e7d396
  7. #ecdcab
  8. #f1e5c0
  9. #f5edd5
  10. #faf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa72d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa72d
  2. #c7a335
  3. #bf9f3e
  4. #b79b46
  5. #af974e
  6. #a89457
  7. #a0905f
  8. #988c67
  9. #90886f
  10. #888478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbaa8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba513 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b034 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e09890 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3a620 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9ad31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #da9e75 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa72d {
  color: #cfa72d;
}
Background
.bg-cfa72d {
  background-color: #cfa72d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa72d {
  border: 2px solid #cfa72d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa72d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 167 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 64% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa72d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa72d, #a6cf2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa72d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 167 45 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.25 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.83 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.14 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.37 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.54 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.36 #3058d2 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cfa72d  rgb(207, 167, 45)  hsl(45, 64%, 49%)  Metallic Gold
#2d55cf  rgb(45, 85, 207)  hsl(225, 64%, 49%)  Sapphire
#2dcfa7  rgb(45, 207, 167)  hsl(165, 64%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a72dcf  rgb(167, 45, 207)  hsl(285, 64%, 49%)  Dark Orchid