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#CAA00A

#caa00a ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#caa00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.79% magenta, 95.05% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 46.88°, with 90.57% saturation and 41.57% 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 8.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.81.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3772

Complementary

  1. #caa00a
  2. #0a34ca

Split complementary

  1. #caa00a
  2. #0a94ca
  3. #400aca

Analogous

  1. #ca400a
  2. #caa00a
  3. #94ca0a

Triadic

  1. #caa00a
  2. #0acaa0
  3. #a00aca

Tetradic

  1. #caa00a
  2. #34ca0a
  3. #0a34ca
  4. #a00aca

Square

  1. #caa00a
  2. #0aca40
  3. #0a34ca
  4. #ca0a94

Monochromatic

  1. #382d03
  2. #816606
  3. #caa00a
  4. #f5c92c
  5. #f8db75

Shades

#caa00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa00a
  2. #b69009
  3. #a28008
  4. #8d7007
  5. #796006
  6. #655005
  7. #514004
  8. #3d3003
  9. #282002
  10. #141001
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa00a
  2. #cfaa23
  3. #d5b33b
  4. #dabd54
  5. #dfc66c
  6. #e5d085
  7. #ead99d
  8. #efe3b6
  9. #f4ecce
  10. #faf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa00a
  2. #c39d16
  3. #bb9a22
  4. #b4962d
  5. #ac9339
  6. #a59045
  7. #9e8d51
  8. #968a5d
  9. #8f8668
  10. #878374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5a383 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b59f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfaa1b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc9188 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd9f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3a616 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5976c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa00a {
  color: #caa00a;
}
Background
.bg-caa00a {
  background-color: #caa00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa00a {
  border: 2px solid #caa00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 91% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa00a, #94ca0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.81 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.48 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.89 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.39 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.55 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 8.56 #355ff5 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#caa00a  rgb(202, 160, 10)  hsl(47, 91%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#0a34ca  rgb(10, 52, 202)  hsl(227, 91%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0acaa0  rgb(10, 202, 160)  hsl(167, 91%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#a00aca  rgb(160, 10, 202)  hsl(287, 91%, 42%)  Dark Violet