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#CAA43C

#caa43c ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caa43c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 64.31% green and 23.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.81% magenta, 70.3% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 43.94°, with 57.26% saturation and 51.37% 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 8.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.56.

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Relative luminance0.3943

Complementary

  1. #caa43c
  2. #3c62ca

Split complementary

  1. #caa43c
  2. #3ca9ca
  3. #5d3cca

Analogous

  1. #ca5d3c
  2. #caa43c
  3. #a9ca3c

Triadic

  1. #caa43c
  2. #3ccaa4
  3. #a43cca

Tetradic

  1. #caa43c
  2. #62ca3c
  3. #3c62ca
  4. #a43cca

Square

  1. #caa43c
  2. #3cca5d
  3. #3c62ca
  4. #ca3ca9

Monochromatic

  1. #564517
  2. #927528
  3. #caa43c
  4. #dac078
  5. #ebdcb4

Shades

#caa43c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa43c
  2. #b69436
  3. #a28330
  4. #8d732a
  5. #796224
  6. #65521e
  7. #514218
  8. #3d3112
  9. #28210c
  10. #141006
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa43c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa43c
  2. #cfad50
  3. #d5b663
  4. #dabf77
  5. #dfc88a
  6. #e5d29e
  7. #eadbb1
  8. #efe4c5
  9. #f4edd8
  10. #faf6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa43c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa43c
  2. #c3a043
  3. #bb9d4a
  4. #b49950
  5. #ac9657
  6. #a5925e
  7. #9e8e65
  8. #968b6c
  9. #8f8772
  10. #878479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7a78a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a32e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ad41 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db968f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa334 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4a93f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d49c76 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa43c {
  color: #caa43c;
}
Background
.bg-caa43c {
  background-color: #caa43c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa43c {
  border: 2px solid #caa43c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa43c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 164 60;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 57% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa43c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa43c, #a9ca3c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa43c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 164 60 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.56 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.45 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.96 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.13 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.80 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.81 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.31 #355bc3 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caa43c  rgb(202, 164, 60)  hsl(44, 57%, 51%)  Metallic Gold
#3c62ca  rgb(60, 98, 202)  hsl(224, 57%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#3ccaa4  rgb(60, 202, 164)  hsl(164, 57%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a43cca  rgb(164, 60, 202)  hsl(284, 57%, 51%)  Dark Orchid