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#CFA90D

#cfa90d ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cfa90d 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 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.36% magenta, 93.72% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 48.25°, with 88.18% saturation and 43.14% 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 2.8.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4167

Complementary

  1. #cfa90d
  2. #0d33cf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa90d
  2. #0d94cf
  3. #480dcf

Analogous

  1. #cf480d
  2. #cfa90d
  3. #94cf0d

Triadic

  1. #cfa90d
  2. #0dcfa9
  3. #a90dcf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa90d
  2. #33cf0d
  3. #0d33cf
  4. #a90dcf

Square

  1. #cfa90d
  2. #0dcf48
  3. #0d33cf
  4. #cf0d94

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3304
  2. #876e08
  3. #cfa90d
  4. #f2ce36
  5. #f7df7e

Shades

#cfa90d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa90d
  2. #ba980c
  3. #a6870a
  4. #917609
  5. #7c6508
  6. #685507
  7. #534405
  8. #3e3304
  9. #292203
  10. #151101
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa90d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa90d
  2. #d4b225
  3. #d9ba3d
  4. #ddc356
  5. #e2cb6e
  6. #e7d486
  7. #ecdd9e
  8. #f1e5b6
  9. #f5eecf
  10. #faf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa90d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa90d
  2. #c7a519
  3. #bfa124
  4. #b79d30
  5. #af993b
  6. #a89547
  7. #a09052
  8. #988c5e
  9. #908869
  10. #888475
  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 #bda600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b11f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e19a90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #caae19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #daa072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa90d {
  color: #cfa90d;
}
Background
.bg-cfa90d {
  background-color: #cfa90d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa90d {
  border: 2px solid #cfa90d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa90d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 169 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 88% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa90d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa90d, #94cf0d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa90d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 169 13 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.80 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.66 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.67 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.84 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.91 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.01 #3056f2 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cfa90d  rgb(207, 169, 13)  hsl(48, 88%, 43%)  Metallic Gold
#0d33cf  rgb(13, 51, 207)  hsl(228, 88%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#0dcfa9  rgb(13, 207, 169)  hsl(168, 88%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#a90dcf  rgb(169, 13, 207)  hsl(288, 88%, 43%)  Dark Orchid