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#CAA64E

#caa64e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caa64e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 65.1% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.82% magenta, 61.39% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 42.58°, 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 9.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 4.71.

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Relative luminance0.4038

Complementary

  1. #caa64e
  2. #4e72ca

Split complementary

  1. #caa64e
  2. #4eb0ca
  3. #684eca

Analogous

  1. #ca684e
  2. #caa64e
  3. #b0ca4e

Triadic

  1. #caa64e
  2. #4ecaa6
  3. #a64eca

Tetradic

  1. #caa64e
  2. #72ca4e
  3. #4e72ca
  4. #a64eca

Square

  1. #caa64e
  2. #4eca68
  3. #4e72ca
  4. #ca4eb0

Monochromatic

  1. #624e1d
  2. #9d7d2f
  3. #caa64e
  4. #dcc489
  5. #ede1c4

Shades

#caa64e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa64e
  2. #b69546
  3. #a2853e
  4. #8d7437
  5. #79642f
  6. #655327
  7. #51421f
  8. #3d3217
  9. #282110
  10. #141108
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa64e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa64e
  2. #cfaf60
  3. #d5b871
  4. #dac183
  5. #dfca95
  6. #e5d3a7
  7. #eadbb8
  8. #efe4ca
  9. #f4eddc
  10. #faf6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa64e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa64e
  2. #c3a253
  3. #bb9e58
  4. #b49b5d
  5. #ac9762
  6. #a59367
  7. #9e8f6c
  8. #968b71
  9. #8f8876
  10. #87847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8a98f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a545 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ae51 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #da9992 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa549 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4ab50 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d49f7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa64e {
  color: #caa64e;
}
Background
.bg-caa64e {
  background-color: #caa64e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa64e {
  border: 2px solid #caa64e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa64e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 166 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 54% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa64e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa64e, #b0ca4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa64e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 166 78 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.71 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.88 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.16 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.63 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.80 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.86 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.38 #3559b1 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caa64e  rgb(202, 166, 78)  hsl(43, 54%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#4e72ca  rgb(78, 114, 202)  hsl(223, 54%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#4ecaa6  rgb(78, 202, 166)  hsl(163, 54%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a64eca  rgb(166, 78, 202)  hsl(283, 54%, 55%)  Medium Orchid