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#CAA131

#caa131 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caa131 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 63.14% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.3% magenta, 75.74% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 43.92°, with 60.96% saturation and 49.22% 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.73.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3827

Complementary

  1. #caa131
  2. #315aca

Split complementary

  1. #caa131
  2. #31a7ca
  3. #5531ca

Analogous

  1. #ca5531
  2. #caa131
  3. #a7ca31

Triadic

  1. #caa131
  2. #31caa1
  3. #a131ca

Tetradic

  1. #caa131
  2. #5aca31
  3. #315aca
  4. #a131ca

Square

  1. #caa131
  2. #31ca55
  3. #315aca
  4. #ca31a7

Monochromatic

  1. #4f3f13
  2. #8c7022
  3. #caa131
  4. #dbbe6c
  5. #ead9aa

Shades

#caa131 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa131
  2. #b6912c
  3. #a28127
  4. #8d7122
  5. #79611d
  6. #655119
  7. #514014
  8. #3d300f
  9. #28200a
  10. #141005
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa131 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa131
  2. #cfaa46
  3. #d5b45a
  4. #dabd6f
  5. #dfc783
  6. #e5d098
  7. #ead9ad
  8. #efe3c1
  9. #f4ecd6
  10. #faf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa131 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa131
  2. #c39e39
  3. #bb9a41
  4. #b49749
  5. #ac9451
  6. #a59159
  7. #9e8d60
  8. #968a68
  9. #8f8770
  10. #878378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6a487 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a01e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beab37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db938b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bda027 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3a735 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d49972 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa131 {
  color: #caa131;
}
Background
.bg-caa131 {
  background-color: #caa131;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa131 {
  border: 2px solid #caa131;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa131;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 161 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 61% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa131 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa131, #a7ca31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa131 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 161 49 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.73 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.08 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.44 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.74 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.62 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.02 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 8.13 #355ece Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#caa131  rgb(202, 161, 49)  hsl(44, 61%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#315aca  rgb(49, 90, 202)  hsl(224, 61%, 49%)  Sapphire
#31caa1  rgb(49, 202, 161)  hsl(164, 61%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a131ca  rgb(161, 49, 202)  hsl(284, 61%, 49%)  Dark Orchid