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#CFA73B

#cfa73b ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfa73b 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 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.32% magenta, 71.5% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 43.78°, with 60.66% saturation and 52.16% 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 9.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.71.

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Relative luminance0.4122

Complementary

  1. #cfa73b
  2. #3b63cf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa73b
  2. #3badcf
  3. #5d3bcf

Analogous

  1. #cf5d3b
  2. #cfa73b
  3. #adcf3b

Triadic

  1. #cfa73b
  2. #3bcfa7
  3. #a73bcf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa73b
  2. #63cf3b
  3. #3b63cf
  4. #a73bcf

Square

  1. #cfa73b
  2. #3bcf5d
  3. #3b63cf
  4. #cf3bad

Monochromatic

  1. #5b4816
  2. #987925
  3. #cfa73b
  4. #dec378
  5. #eddeb6

Shades

#cfa73b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa73b
  2. #ba9635
  3. #a6862f
  4. #917529
  5. #7c6423
  6. #68541e
  7. #534318
  8. #3e3212
  9. #29210c
  10. #151106
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa73b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa73b
  2. #d4b04f
  3. #d9b962
  4. #ddc176
  5. #e2ca89
  6. #e7d39d
  7. #ecdcb1
  8. #f1e5c4
  9. #f5edd8
  10. #faf6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa73b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa73b
  2. #c7a342
  3. #bf9f49
  4. #b79b50
  5. #af9757
  6. #a8945e
  7. #a09064
  8. #988c6b
  9. #908872
  10. #888479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbaa8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa62c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b040 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e09991 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3a632 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8ad3e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d99f78 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa73b {
  color: #cfa73b;
}
Background
.bg-cfa73b {
  background-color: #cfa73b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa73b {
  border: 2px solid #cfa73b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa73b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 167 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 61% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa73b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa73b, #adcf3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa73b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 167 59 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.71 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.69 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.01 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.56 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.95 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.45 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.97 #3058c4 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cfa73b  rgb(207, 167, 59)  hsl(44, 61%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#3b63cf  rgb(59, 99, 207)  hsl(224, 61%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#3bcfa7  rgb(59, 207, 167)  hsl(164, 61%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#a73bcf  rgb(167, 59, 207)  hsl(284, 61%, 52%)  Dark Orchid