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#CAA34E

#caa34e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caa34e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 63.92% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.31% magenta, 61.39% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 41.13°, with 53.91% saturation and 54.9% 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 8.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 5.7.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.393

Complementary

  1. #caa34e
  2. #4e75ca

Split complementary

  1. #caa34e
  2. #4eb3ca
  3. #654eca

Analogous

  1. #ca654e
  2. #caa34e
  3. #b3ca4e

Triadic

  1. #caa34e
  2. #4ecaa3
  3. #a34eca

Tetradic

  1. #caa34e
  2. #75ca4e
  3. #4e75ca
  4. #a34eca

Square

  1. #caa34e
  2. #4eca65
  3. #4e75ca
  4. #ca4eb3

Monochromatic

  1. #624c1d
  2. #9d7a2f
  3. #caa34e
  4. #dcc289
  5. #ede0c4

Shades

#caa34e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa34e
  2. #b69346
  3. #a2823e
  4. #8d7237
  5. #79622f
  6. #655227
  7. #51411f
  8. #3d3117
  9. #282110
  10. #141008
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa34e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa34e
  2. #cfac60
  3. #d5b571
  4. #dabf83
  5. #dfc895
  6. #e5d1a7
  7. #eadab8
  8. #efe3ca
  9. #f4eddc
  10. #faf6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa34e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa34e
  2. #c3a053
  3. #bb9c58
  4. #b4995d
  5. #ac9562
  6. #a59267
  7. #9e8e6c
  8. #968b71
  9. #8f8776
  10. #87847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7a68d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a245 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bead51 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #da9690 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bea349 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3a950 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d49b7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa34e {
  color: #caa34e;
}
Background
.bg-caa34e {
  background-color: #caa34e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa34e {
  border: 2px solid #caa34e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa34e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 163 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 54% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa34e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa34e, #b3ca4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa34e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 163 78 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.70 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.84 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.53 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.42 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.46 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.91 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.91 #355cb1 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caa34e  rgb(202, 163, 78)  hsl(41, 54%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#4e75ca  rgb(78, 117, 202)  hsl(221, 54%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#4ecaa3  rgb(78, 202, 163)  hsl(161, 54%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a34eca  rgb(163, 78, 202)  hsl(281, 54%, 55%)  Purpureus