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#CFAE59

#cfae59 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cfae59 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 68.24% green and 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.94% magenta, 57% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 43.22°, with 55.14% saturation and 58.04% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 4.49.

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Relative luminance0.4426

Complementary

  1. #cfae59
  2. #597acf

Split complementary

  1. #cfae59
  2. #59b5cf
  3. #7359cf

Analogous

  1. #cf7359
  2. #cfae59
  3. #b5cf59

Triadic

  1. #cfae59
  2. #59cfae
  3. #ae59cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfae59
  2. #7acf59
  3. #597acf
  4. #ae59cf

Square

  1. #cfae59
  2. #59cf73
  3. #597acf
  4. #cf59b5

Monochromatic

  1. #6f5920
  2. #aa8831
  3. #cfae59
  4. #e0cb94
  5. #f1e8d0

Shades

#cfae59 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfae59
  2. #ba9d50
  3. #a68b47
  4. #917a3e
  5. #7c6835
  6. #68572d
  7. #534624
  8. #3e341b
  9. #292312
  10. #151109
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfae59 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfae59
  2. #d4b66a
  3. #d9be7a
  4. #ddc68b
  5. #e2ce9b
  6. #e7d7ac
  7. #ecdfbd
  8. #f1e7cd
  9. #f5efde
  10. #faf7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfae59 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfae59
  2. #c7a95d
  3. #bfa561
  4. #b7a065
  5. #af9c69
  6. #a8976d
  7. #a09270
  8. #988e74
  9. #908978
  10. #88857c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb096 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfac51 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b55c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dea29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ad54 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab25b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8a785 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfae59 {
  color: #cfae59;
}
Background
.bg-cfae59 {
  background-color: #cfae59;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfae59 {
  border: 2px solid #cfae59;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfae59;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 174 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 55% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfae59 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfae59, #b5cf59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfae59 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 174 89 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.49 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.78 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.69 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.12 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.91 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.92 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.82 #3051a6 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cfae59  rgb(207, 174, 89)  hsl(43, 55%, 58%)  Metallic Gold
#597acf  rgb(89, 122, 207)  hsl(223, 55%, 58%)  Glaucous
#59cfae  rgb(89, 207, 174)  hsl(163, 55%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae59cf  rgb(174, 89, 207)  hsl(283, 55%, 58%)  Medium Orchid