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#CAA252

#caa252 ≈ Indian Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caa252 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 63.53% green and 32.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.8% magenta, 59.41% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 53.1% saturation and 55.69% 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 8.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Indian Yellow (#e3a857), ΔE 6.01.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3901

Complementary

  1. #caa252
  2. #527aca

Split complementary

  1. #caa252
  2. #52b6ca
  3. #6652ca

Analogous

  1. #ca6652
  2. #caa252
  3. #b6ca52

Triadic

  1. #caa252
  2. #52caa2
  3. #a252ca

Tetradic

  1. #caa252
  2. #7aca52
  3. #527aca
  4. #a252ca

Square

  1. #caa252
  2. #52ca66
  3. #527aca
  4. #ca52b6

Monochromatic

  1. #644d1f
  2. #9f7a31
  3. #caa252
  4. #dcc18d
  5. #eee1c7

Shades

#caa252 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa252
  2. #b6924a
  3. #a28242
  4. #8d7139
  5. #796131
  6. #655129
  7. #514121
  8. #3d3119
  9. #282010
  10. #141008
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa252 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa252
  2. #cfab63
  3. #d5b575
  4. #dabe86
  5. #dfc797
  6. #e5d1a9
  7. #eadaba
  8. #efe3cb
  9. #f4ecdc
  10. #faf6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa252 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa252
  2. #c39f57
  3. #bb9b5b
  4. #b49860
  5. #ac9464
  6. #a59169
  7. #9e8e6e
  8. #968a72
  9. #8f8777
  10. #87837b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6a58d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3a24a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdac55 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #da9590 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bda24e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a854 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d49b7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa252 {
  color: #caa252;
}
Background
.bg-caa252 {
  background-color: #caa252;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa252 {
  border: 2px solid #caa252;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa252;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 162 82;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 53% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa252 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa252, #b6ca52);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa252 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 162 82 / 0.35);
}

#e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.01 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.42 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.64 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 7.41 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.09 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.15 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 8.60 #355dad Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Indian Yellow
#caa252  rgb(202, 162, 82)  hsl(40, 53%, 56%)  Indian Yellow
#527aca  rgb(82, 122, 202)  hsl(220, 53%, 56%)  Glaucous
#52caa2  rgb(82, 202, 162)  hsl(160, 53%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a252ca  rgb(162, 82, 202)  hsl(280, 53%, 56%)  Medium Orchid