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#CABE51

#cabe51 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cabe51 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 74.51% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.94% magenta, 59.9% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 54.05°, with 53.3% saturation and 55.49% 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 11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 3.88.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4998

Complementary

  1. #cabe51
  2. #515dca

Split complementary

  1. #cabe51
  2. #5199ca
  3. #8251ca

Analogous

  1. #ca8251
  2. #cabe51
  3. #99ca51

Triadic

  1. #cabe51
  2. #51cabe
  3. #be51ca

Tetradic

  1. #cabe51
  2. #5dca51
  3. #515dca
  4. #be51ca

Square

  1. #cabe51
  2. #51ca82
  3. #515dca
  4. #ca5199

Monochromatic

  1. #645d1e
  2. #9e9330
  3. #cabe51
  4. #dcd48c
  5. #eeeac6

Shades

#cabe51 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cabe51
  2. #b6ab49
  3. #a29841
  4. #8d8539
  5. #797231
  6. #655f29
  7. #514c20
  8. #3d3918
  9. #282610
  10. #141308
  11. #000000

Tints

#cabe51 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cabe51
  2. #cfc562
  3. #d5cb74
  4. #dad285
  5. #dfd897
  6. #e5dfa8
  7. #eae5b9
  8. #efeccb
  9. #f4f2dc
  10. #faf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cabe51 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cabe51
  2. #c3b856
  3. #bbb25a
  4. #b4ab5f
  5. #aca564
  6. #a59f69
  7. #9e996d
  8. #969372
  9. #8f8c77
  10. #87867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1bc9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb845 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2be57 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8b2a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccbb4a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfbe55 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3b78c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cabe51 {
  color: #cabe51;
}
Background
.bg-cabe51 {
  background-color: #cabe51;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cabe51 {
  border: 2px solid #cabe51;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cabe51;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 190 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 53% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cabe51 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cabe51, #99ca51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cabe51 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 190 81 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.88 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.56 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.59 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.57 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.63 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.67 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.19 #3541ae Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#cabe51  rgb(202, 190, 81)  hsl(54, 53%, 55%)  Vegas Gold
#515dca  rgb(81, 93, 202)  hsl(234, 53%, 55%)  Slate Blue
#51cabe  rgb(81, 202, 190)  hsl(174, 53%, 55%)  Medium Turquoise
#be51ca  rgb(190, 81, 202)  hsl(294, 53%, 55%)  Medium Orchid