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#CFA809

#cfa809 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cfa809 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 65.88% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.84% magenta, 95.65% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 48.18°, with 91.67% saturation and 42.35% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.98.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4129

Complementary

  1. #cfa809
  2. #0930cf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa809
  2. #0993cf
  3. #4509cf

Analogous

  1. #cf4509
  2. #cfa809
  3. #93cf09

Triadic

  1. #cfa809
  2. #09cfa8
  3. #a809cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa809
  2. #30cf09
  3. #0930cf
  4. #a809cf

Square

  1. #cfa809
  2. #09cf45
  3. #0930cf
  4. #cf0993

Monochromatic

  1. #3c3103
  2. #866c06
  3. #cfa809
  4. #f6cf2f
  5. #f9e078

Shades

#cfa809 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa809
  2. #ba9708
  3. #a68607
  4. #917606
  5. #7c6505
  6. #685405
  7. #534304
  8. #3e3203
  9. #292202
  10. #151101
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa809 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa809
  2. #d4b122
  3. #d9b93a
  4. #ddc253
  5. #e2cb6b
  6. #e7d484
  7. #ecdc9d
  8. #f1e5b5
  9. #f5eece
  10. #faf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa809 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa809
  2. #c7a415
  3. #bfa021
  4. #b79c2d
  5. #af9839
  6. #a89445
  7. #a09050
  8. #988c5c
  9. #908868
  10. #888474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbaa89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b11d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e1988f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #caad17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #da9f71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa809 {
  color: #cfa809;
}
Background
.bg-cfa809 {
  background-color: #cfa809;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa809 {
  border: 2px solid #cfa809;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa809;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 168 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa809 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa809, #93cf09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa809 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 168 9 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.98 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.40 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.01 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.28 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.99 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.09 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.26 #3057f6 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cfa809  rgb(207, 168, 9)  hsl(48, 92%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#0930cf  rgb(9, 48, 207)  hsl(228, 92%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#09cfa8  rgb(9, 207, 168)  hsl(168, 92%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#a809cf  rgb(168, 9, 207)  hsl(288, 92%, 42%)  Dark Orchid