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#cdae4e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cdae4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 68.24% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.12% magenta, 61.95% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 45.35°, 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 9.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.11.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.438

Complementary

  1. #cdae4e
  2. #4e6dcd

Split complementary

  1. #cdae4e
  2. #4eadcd
  3. #6e4ecd

Analogous

  1. #cd6e4e
  2. #cdae4e
  3. #adcd4e

Triadic

  1. #cdae4e
  2. #4ecdae
  3. #ae4ecd

Tetradic

  1. #cdae4e
  2. #6dcd4e
  3. #4e6dcd
  4. #ae4ecd

Square

  1. #cdae4e
  2. #4ecd6e
  3. #4e6dcd
  4. #cd4ead

Monochromatic

  1. #65541d
  2. #a1852d
  3. #cdae4e
  4. #dec98a
  5. #efe5c5

Shades

#cdae4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdae4e
  2. #b99d46
  3. #a48b3e
  4. #907a37
  5. #7b682f
  6. #675727
  7. #52461f
  8. #3e3417
  9. #292310
  10. #151108
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdae4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdae4e
  2. #d2b660
  3. #d7be71
  4. #dcc683
  5. #e1ce95
  6. #e6d7a7
  7. #ebdfb8
  8. #f0e7ca
  9. #f5efdc
  10. #faf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdae4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdae4e
  2. #c5a953
  3. #bea558
  4. #b6a05d
  5. #ae9c62
  6. #a79767
  7. #9f926c
  8. #978e71
  9. #8f8976
  10. #88857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb093 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfac44 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b552 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dda199 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ad48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9b251 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a682 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdae4e {
  color: #cdae4e;
}
Background
.bg-cdae4e {
  background-color: #cdae4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdae4e {
  border: 2px solid #cdae4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdae4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 174 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 56% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdae4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdae4e, #adcd4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdae4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 174 78 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.93 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.94 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.59 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.73 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.61 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.05 #3251b1 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#cdae4e  rgb(205, 174, 78)  hsl(45, 56%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#4e6dcd  rgb(78, 109, 205)  hsl(225, 56%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#4ecdae  rgb(78, 205, 174)  hsl(165, 56%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae4ecd  rgb(174, 78, 205)  hsl(285, 56%, 55%)  Medium Orchid