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#CAA809

#caa809 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#caa809 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 65.88% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.83% magenta, 95.54% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 49.43°, with 91.47% saturation and 41.37% 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 9.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.36.

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Relative luminance0.4058

Complementary

  1. #caa809
  2. #092bca

Split complementary

  1. #caa809
  2. #098bca
  3. #4709ca

Analogous

  1. #ca4709
  2. #caa809
  3. #8bca09

Triadic

  1. #caa809
  2. #09caa8
  3. #a809ca

Tetradic

  1. #caa809
  2. #2bca09
  3. #092bca
  4. #a809ca

Square

  1. #caa809
  2. #09ca47
  3. #092bca
  4. #ca098b

Monochromatic

  1. #382e02
  2. #816b06
  3. #caa809
  4. #f6d22a
  5. #f9e173

Shades

#caa809 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa809
  2. #b69708
  3. #a28607
  4. #8d7606
  5. #796505
  6. #655405
  7. #514304
  8. #3d3203
  9. #282202
  10. #141101
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa809 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa809
  2. #cfb122
  3. #d5b93a
  4. #dac253
  5. #dfcb6b
  6. #e5d484
  7. #eadc9d
  8. #efe5b5
  9. #f4eece
  10. #faf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa809 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa809
  2. #c3a415
  3. #bba021
  4. #b49c2d
  5. #ac9839
  6. #a59445
  7. #9e9050
  8. #968c5c
  9. #8f8868
  10. #878474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8aa88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4af1d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db998f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2a600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7ac17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d59f71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa809 {
  color: #caa809;
}
Background
.bg-caa809 {
  background-color: #caa809;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa809 {
  border: 2px solid #caa809;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa809;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 168 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa809 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa809, #8bca09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa809 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 168 9 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.36 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.41 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.71 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.16 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.05 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.62 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.68 #3557f6 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caa809  rgb(202, 168, 9)  hsl(49, 91%, 41%)  Metallic Gold
#092bca  rgb(9, 43, 202)  hsl(229, 91%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#09caa8  rgb(9, 202, 168)  hsl(169, 91%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#a809ca  rgb(168, 9, 202)  hsl(289, 91%, 41%)  Dark Orchid