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#CDAC4E

#cdac4e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cdac4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 67.45% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.1% magenta, 61.95% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 44.41°, with 55.95% saturation and 55.49% 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 9.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.28.

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Relative luminance0.4303

Complementary

  1. #cdac4e
  2. #4e6fcd

Split complementary

  1. #cdac4e
  2. #4eafcd
  3. #6c4ecd

Analogous

  1. #cd6c4e
  2. #cdac4e
  3. #afcd4e

Triadic

  1. #cdac4e
  2. #4ecdac
  3. #ac4ecd

Tetradic

  1. #cdac4e
  2. #6fcd4e
  3. #4e6fcd
  4. #ac4ecd

Square

  1. #cdac4e
  2. #4ecd6c
  3. #4e6fcd
  4. #cd4eaf

Monochromatic

  1. #65521d
  2. #a1832d
  3. #cdac4e
  4. #dec88a
  5. #efe4c5

Shades

#cdac4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdac4e
  2. #b99b46
  3. #a48a3e
  4. #907837
  5. #7b672f
  6. #675627
  7. #52451f
  8. #3e3417
  9. #292210
  10. #151108
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdac4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdac4e
  2. #d2b460
  3. #d7bd71
  4. #dcc583
  5. #e1cd95
  6. #e6d6a7
  7. #ebdeb8
  8. #f0e6ca
  9. #f5eedc
  10. #faf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdac4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdac4e
  2. #c5a853
  3. #bea358
  4. #b69f5d
  5. #ae9a62
  6. #a79667
  7. #9f926c
  8. #978d71
  9. #8f8976
  10. #88847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcae92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdaa44 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b352 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd9f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4ab48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9b050 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a480 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdac4e {
  color: #cdac4e;
}
Background
.bg-cdac4e {
  background-color: #cdac4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdac4e {
  border: 2px solid #cdac4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdac4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 172 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 56% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdac4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdac4e, #afcd4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdac4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 172 78 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.28 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.61 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.68 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.64 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.11 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.14 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.51 #3253b1 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cdac4e  rgb(205, 172, 78)  hsl(44, 56%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#4e6fcd  rgb(78, 111, 205)  hsl(224, 56%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#4ecdac  rgb(78, 205, 172)  hsl(164, 56%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ac4ecd  rgb(172, 78, 205)  hsl(284, 56%, 55%)  Medium Orchid