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#CFAE13

#cfae13 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfae13 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 68.24% green and 7.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.94% magenta, 90.82% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 49.47°, with 83.19% saturation and 44.31% 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 9.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.89.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4358

Complementary

  1. #cfae13
  2. #1334cf

Split complementary

  1. #cfae13
  2. #1392cf
  3. #5013cf

Analogous

  1. #cf5013
  2. #cfae13
  3. #92cf13

Triadic

  1. #cfae13
  2. #13cfae
  3. #ae13cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfae13
  2. #34cf13
  3. #1334cf
  4. #ae13cf

Square

  1. #cfae13
  2. #13cf50
  3. #1334cf
  4. #cf1392

Monochromatic

  1. #433806
  2. #89730d
  3. #cfae13
  4. #eecf41
  5. #f4e187

Shades

#cfae13 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfae13
  2. #ba9d11
  3. #a68b0f
  4. #917a0d
  5. #7c680b
  6. #68570a
  7. #534608
  8. #3e3406
  9. #292304
  10. #151102
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfae13 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfae13
  2. #d4b62b
  3. #d9be42
  4. #ddc65a
  5. #e2ce71
  6. #e7d789
  7. #ecdfa1
  8. #f1e7b8
  9. #f5efd0
  10. #faf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfae13 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfae13
  2. #c7a91e
  3. #bfa529
  4. #b7a034
  5. #af9c3f
  6. #a8974a
  7. #a09254
  8. #988e5f
  9. #90896a
  10. #888575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdaf8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab523 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e19f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7ac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccb21e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #daa576 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfae13 {
  color: #cfae13;
}
Background
.bg-cfae13 {
  background-color: #cfae13;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfae13 {
  border: 2px solid #cfae13;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfae13;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 174 19;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 83% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfae13 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfae13, #92cf13);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfae13 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 174 19 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.89 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.29 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.32 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.22 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.18 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.38 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.40 #3051ec Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cfae13  rgb(207, 174, 19)  hsl(49, 83%, 44%)  Metallic Gold
#1334cf  rgb(19, 52, 207)  hsl(229, 83%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#13cfae  rgb(19, 207, 174)  hsl(169, 83%, 44%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae13cf  rgb(174, 19, 207)  hsl(289, 83%, 44%)  Dark Orchid