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#CAAA4E

#caaa4e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caaa4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 66.67% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.84% magenta, 61.39% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 44.52°, with 53.91% saturation and 54.9% 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 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.78.

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Relative luminance0.4186

Complementary

  1. #caaa4e
  2. #4e6eca

Split complementary

  1. #caaa4e
  2. #4eacca
  3. #6c4eca

Analogous

  1. #ca6c4e
  2. #caaa4e
  3. #acca4e

Triadic

  1. #caaa4e
  2. #4ecaaa
  3. #aa4eca

Tetradic

  1. #caaa4e
  2. #6eca4e
  3. #4e6eca
  4. #aa4eca

Square

  1. #caaa4e
  2. #4eca6c
  3. #4e6eca
  4. #ca4eac

Monochromatic

  1. #62501d
  2. #9d802f
  3. #caaa4e
  4. #dcc689
  5. #ede3c4

Shades

#caaa4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caaa4e
  2. #b69946
  3. #a2883e
  4. #8d7737
  5. #79662f
  6. #655527
  7. #51441f
  8. #3d3317
  9. #282210
  10. #141108
  11. #000000

Tints

#caaa4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caaa4e
  2. #cfb360
  3. #d5bb71
  4. #dac483
  5. #dfcc95
  6. #e5d5a7
  7. #eaddb8
  8. #efe6ca
  9. #f4eedc
  10. #faf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caaa4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caaa4e
  2. #c3a653
  3. #bba258
  4. #b49d5d
  5. #ac9962
  6. #a59567
  7. #9e916c
  8. #968d71
  9. #8f8876
  10. #87847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9ac91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba844 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b152 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d99d96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a948 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6ae50 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3a37f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caaa4e {
  color: #caaa4e;
}
Background
.bg-caaa4e {
  background-color: #caaa4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caaa4e {
  border: 2px solid #caaa4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caaa4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 170 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 54% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caaa4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caaa4e, #acca4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caaa4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 170 78 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.78 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.03 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.70 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.29 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.42 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.44 #3555b1 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caaa4e  rgb(202, 170, 78)  hsl(45, 54%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#4e6eca  rgb(78, 110, 202)  hsl(225, 54%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#4ecaaa  rgb(78, 202, 170)  hsl(165, 54%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#aa4eca  rgb(170, 78, 202)  hsl(285, 54%, 55%)  Medium Orchid