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#cfae5e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cfae5e 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 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.94% magenta, 54.59% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 42.48°, with 54.07% saturation and 59.02% 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 9.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 5.15.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4435

Complementary

  1. #cfae5e
  2. #5e7fcf

Split complementary

  1. #cfae5e
  2. #5eb7cf
  3. #765ecf

Analogous

  1. #cf765e
  2. #cfae5e
  3. #b7cf5e

Triadic

  1. #cfae5e
  2. #5ecfae
  3. #ae5ecf

Tetradic

  1. #cfae5e
  2. #7fcf5e
  3. #5e7fcf
  4. #ae5ecf

Square

  1. #cfae5e
  2. #5ecf76
  3. #5e7fcf
  4. #cf5eb7

Monochromatic

  1. #725b22
  2. #ad8934
  3. #cfae5e
  4. #e1cc99
  5. #f2e9d4

Shades

#cfae5e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfae5e
  2. #ba9d55
  3. #a68b4b
  4. #917a42
  5. #7c6838
  6. #68572f
  7. #534626
  8. #3e341c
  9. #292313
  10. #151109
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfae5e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfae5e
  2. #d4b66e
  3. #d9be7e
  4. #ddc68e
  5. #e2ce9e
  6. #e7d7af
  7. #ecdfbf
  8. #f1e7cf
  9. #f5efdf
  10. #faf7ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfae5e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfae5e
  2. #c7a961
  3. #bfa565
  4. #b7a068
  5. #af9c6c
  6. #a8976f
  7. #a09272
  8. #988e76
  9. #908979
  10. #88857d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb097 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bead57 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b561 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dea29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ad5a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab360 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8a787 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfae5e {
  color: #cfae5e;
}
Background
.bg-cfae5e {
  background-color: #cfae5e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfae5e {
  border: 2px solid #cfae5e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfae5e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 174 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 54% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfae5e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfae5e, #b7cf5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfae5e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 174 94 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.29 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.69 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.25 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.36 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.41 #3051a1 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#cfae5e  rgb(207, 174, 94)  hsl(42, 54%, 59%)  Vegas Gold
#5e7fcf  rgb(94, 127, 207)  hsl(222, 54%, 59%)  Glaucous
#5ecfae  rgb(94, 207, 174)  hsl(162, 54%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae5ecf  rgb(174, 94, 207)  hsl(282, 54%, 59%)  Medium Orchid