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#CFA80F

#cfa80f ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cfa80f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.84% magenta, 92.75% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 47.81°, with 86.49% saturation and 43.53% 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 2.83.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4131

Complementary

  1. #cfa80f
  2. #0f36cf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa80f
  2. #0f96cf
  3. #480fcf

Analogous

  1. #cf480f
  2. #cfa80f
  3. #96cf0f

Triadic

  1. #cfa80f
  2. #0fcfa8
  3. #a80fcf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa80f
  2. #36cf0f
  3. #0f36cf
  4. #a80fcf

Square

  1. #cfa80f
  2. #0fcf48
  3. #0f36cf
  4. #cf0f96

Monochromatic

  1. #403405
  2. #886e0a
  3. #cfa80f
  4. #f1cc3a
  5. #f6de81

Shades

#cfa80f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa80f
  2. #ba970e
  3. #a6860c
  4. #91760b
  5. #7c6509
  6. #685408
  7. #534306
  8. #3e3205
  9. #292203
  10. #151102
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa80f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa80f
  2. #d4b127
  3. #d9b93f
  4. #ddc257
  5. #e2cb6f
  6. #e7d487
  7. #ecdc9f
  8. #f1e5b7
  9. #f5eecf
  10. #faf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa80f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa80f
  2. #c7a41a
  3. #bfa026
  4. #b79c31
  5. #af983c
  6. #a89448
  7. #a09053
  8. #988c5e
  9. #908869
  10. #888475
  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 #c6b11f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e1988f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #caad1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #da9f72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa80f {
  color: #cfa80f;
}
Background
.bg-cfa80f {
  background-color: #cfa80f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa80f {
  border: 2px solid #cfa80f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa80f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 168 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 86% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa80f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa80f, #96cf0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa80f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 168 15 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.83 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.31 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.95 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.98 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.00 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.14 #3057f0 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cfa80f  rgb(207, 168, 15)  hsl(48, 86%, 44%)  Metallic Gold
#0f36cf  rgb(15, 54, 207)  hsl(228, 86%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#0fcfa8  rgb(15, 207, 168)  hsl(168, 86%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#a80fcf  rgb(168, 15, 207)  hsl(288, 86%, 44%)  Dark Orchid