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#CAB00A

#cab00a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cab00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.87% magenta, 95.05% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 51.88°, 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 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.06.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4363

Complementary

  1. #cab00a
  2. #0a24ca

Split complementary

  1. #cab00a
  2. #0a84ca
  3. #500aca

Analogous

  1. #ca500a
  2. #cab00a
  3. #84ca0a

Triadic

  1. #cab00a
  2. #0acab0
  3. #b00aca

Tetradic

  1. #cab00a
  2. #24ca0a
  3. #0a24ca
  4. #b00aca

Square

  1. #cab00a
  2. #0aca50
  3. #0a24ca
  4. #ca0a84

Monochromatic

  1. #383103
  2. #817106
  3. #cab00a
  4. #f5d92c
  5. #f8e675

Shades

#cab00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cab00a
  2. #b69e09
  3. #a28d08
  4. #8d7b07
  5. #796a06
  6. #655805
  7. #514604
  8. #3d3503
  9. #282302
  10. #141201
  11. #000000

Tints

#cab00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cab00a
  2. #cfb823
  3. #d5c03b
  4. #dac854
  5. #dfd06c
  6. #e5d885
  7. #eadf9d
  8. #efe7b6
  9. #f4efce
  10. #faf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cab00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cab00a
  2. #c3ab16
  3. #bba622
  4. #b4a22d
  5. #ac9d39
  6. #a59845
  7. #9e9351
  8. #968e5d
  9. #8f8a68
  10. #878574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb08c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab420 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dba196 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ad00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab319 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a777 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cab00a {
  color: #cab00a;
}
Background
.bg-cab00a {
  background-color: #cab00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cab00a {
  border: 2px solid #cab00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cab00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 91% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cab00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cab00a, #84ca0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cab00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.06 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.44 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.80 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.86 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.89 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.21 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.28 #354ff5 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#cab00a  rgb(202, 176, 10)  hsl(52, 91%, 42%)  Old Gold
#0a24ca  rgb(10, 36, 202)  hsl(232, 91%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#0acab0  rgb(10, 202, 176)  hsl(172, 91%, 42%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b00aca  rgb(176, 10, 202)  hsl(292, 91%, 42%)  Dark Orchid