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#CFA905

#cfa905 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cfa905 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 66.27% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.36% magenta, 97.58% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 48.71°, with 95.28% saturation and 41.57% 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 9.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4165

Complementary

  1. #cfa905
  2. #052bcf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa905
  2. #0590cf
  3. #4405cf

Analogous

  1. #cf4405
  2. #cfa905
  3. #90cf05

Triadic

  1. #cfa905
  2. #05cfa9
  3. #a905cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa905
  2. #2bcf05
  3. #052bcf
  4. #a905cf

Square

  1. #cfa905
  2. #05cf44
  3. #052bcf
  4. #cf0590

Monochromatic

  1. #3a2f01
  2. #846c03
  3. #cfa905
  4. #fad227
  5. #fce271

Shades

#cfa905 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa905
  2. #ba9805
  3. #a68704
  4. #917604
  5. #7c6503
  6. #685503
  7. #534402
  8. #3e3302
  9. #292201
  10. #151101
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa905 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa905
  2. #d4b21e
  3. #d9ba37
  4. #ddc350
  5. #e2cb69
  6. #e7d482
  7. #ecdd9b
  8. #f1e5b4
  9. #f5eecd
  10. #faf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa905 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa905
  2. #c7a511
  3. #bfa11e
  4. #b79d2a
  5. #af9936
  6. #a89543
  7. #a0904f
  8. #988c5b
  9. #908867
  10. #888474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbab89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b11b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e19990 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #caae15 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #daa072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa905 {
  color: #cfa905;
}
Background
.bg-cfa905 {
  background-color: #cfa905;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa905 {
  border: 2px solid #cfa905;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa905;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 169 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 95% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa905 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa905, #90cf05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa905 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 169 5 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.00 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.76 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.77 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.30 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.85 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.02 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.17 #3056fa Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cfa905  rgb(207, 169, 5)  hsl(49, 95%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#052bcf  rgb(5, 43, 207)  hsl(229, 95%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#05cfa9  rgb(5, 207, 169)  hsl(169, 95%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#a905cf  rgb(169, 5, 207)  hsl(289, 95%, 42%)  Dark Orchid