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#caae4e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caae4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 68.24% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.86% magenta, 61.39% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 46.45°, 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 9.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 3.13.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4338

Complementary

  1. #caae4e
  2. #4e6aca

Split complementary

  1. #caae4e
  2. #4ea8ca
  3. #704eca

Analogous

  1. #ca704e
  2. #caae4e
  3. #a8ca4e

Triadic

  1. #caae4e
  2. #4ecaae
  3. #ae4eca

Tetradic

  1. #caae4e
  2. #6aca4e
  3. #4e6aca
  4. #ae4eca

Square

  1. #caae4e
  2. #4eca70
  3. #4e6aca
  4. #ca4ea8

Monochromatic

  1. #62521d
  2. #9d842f
  3. #caae4e
  4. #dcc989
  5. #ede4c4

Shades

#caae4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caae4e
  2. #b69d46
  3. #a28b3e
  4. #8d7a37
  5. #79682f
  6. #655727
  7. #51461f
  8. #3d3417
  9. #282310
  10. #141108
  11. #000000

Tints

#caae4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caae4e
  2. #cfb660
  3. #d5be71
  4. #dac683
  5. #dfce95
  6. #e5d7a7
  7. #eadfb8
  8. #efe7ca
  9. #f4efdc
  10. #faf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caae4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caae4e
  2. #c3a953
  3. #bba558
  4. #b4a05d
  5. #ac9c62
  6. #a59767
  7. #9e926c
  8. #968e71
  9. #8f8976
  10. #87857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbaf93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfab44 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b452 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9a299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3ac48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8b151 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3a782 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caae4e {
  color: #caae4e;
}
Background
.bg-caae4e {
  background-color: #caae4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caae4e {
  border: 2px solid #caae4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caae4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 174 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 54% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caae4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caae4e, #a8ca4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caae4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 174 78 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.13 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.57 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.65 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.91 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.26 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.34 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.34 #3551b1 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#caae4e  rgb(202, 174, 78)  hsl(46, 54%, 55%)  Vegas Gold
#4e6aca  rgb(78, 106, 202)  hsl(226, 54%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#4ecaae  rgb(78, 202, 174)  hsl(166, 54%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae4eca  rgb(174, 78, 202)  hsl(286, 54%, 55%)  Medium Orchid