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#CAA00F

#caa00f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caa00f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 62.75% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.79% magenta, 92.57% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 46.52°, with 86.18% saturation and 42.55% 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.75.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3773

Complementary

  1. #caa00f
  2. #0f39ca

Split complementary

  1. #caa00f
  2. #0f97ca
  3. #420fca

Analogous

  1. #ca420f
  2. #caa00f
  3. #97ca0f

Triadic

  1. #caa00f
  2. #0fcaa0
  3. #a00fca

Tetradic

  1. #caa00f
  2. #39ca0f
  3. #0f39ca
  4. #a00fca

Square

  1. #caa00f
  2. #0fca42
  3. #0f39ca
  4. #ca0f97

Monochromatic

  1. #3c2f04
  2. #83680a
  3. #caa00f
  4. #f0c635
  5. #f5da7d

Shades

#caa00f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa00f
  2. #b6900e
  3. #a2800c
  4. #8d700b
  5. #796009
  6. #655008
  7. #514006
  8. #3d3005
  9. #282003
  10. #141002
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa00f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa00f
  2. #cfaa27
  3. #d5b33f
  4. #dabd57
  5. #dfc66f
  6. #e5d087
  7. #ead99f
  8. #efe3b7
  9. #f4eccf
  10. #faf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa00f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa00f
  2. #c39d1a
  3. #bb9a26
  4. #b49631
  5. #ac933c
  6. #a59048
  7. #9e8d53
  8. #968a5e
  9. #8f8669
  10. #878375
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5a383 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfaa1e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc9188 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd9f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3a619 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5976c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa00f {
  color: #caa00f;
}
Background
.bg-caa00f {
  background-color: #caa00f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa00f {
  border: 2px solid #caa00f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa00f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 160 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 86% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa00f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa00f, #97ca0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa00f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 160 15 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.42 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.70 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.87 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.33 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.49 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 8.49 #355ff0 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#caa00f  rgb(202, 160, 15)  hsl(47, 86%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#0f39ca  rgb(15, 57, 202)  hsl(227, 86%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#0fcaa0  rgb(15, 202, 160)  hsl(167, 86%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#a00fca  rgb(160, 15, 202)  hsl(287, 86%, 43%)  Dark Violet