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#CAA759

#caa759 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caa759 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 65.49% green and 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.33% magenta, 55.94% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 41.42°, with 51.6% saturation and 57.06% 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 6.03.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4092

Complementary

  1. #caa759
  2. #597cca

Split complementary

  1. #caa759
  2. #59b4ca
  3. #6f59ca

Analogous

  1. #ca6f59
  2. #caa759
  3. #b4ca59

Triadic

  1. #caa759
  2. #59caa7
  3. #a759ca

Tetradic

  1. #caa759
  2. #7cca59
  3. #597cca
  4. #a759ca

Square

  1. #caa759
  2. #59ca6f
  3. #597cca
  4. #ca59b4

Monochromatic

  1. #695321
  2. #a38034
  3. #caa759
  4. #ddc693
  5. #efe4cd

Shades

#caa759 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa759
  2. #b69650
  3. #a28647
  4. #8d753e
  5. #796435
  6. #65542d
  7. #514324
  8. #3d321b
  9. #282112
  10. #141109
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa759 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa759
  2. #cfb06a
  3. #d5b97a
  4. #dac18b
  5. #dfca9b
  6. #e5d3ac
  7. #eadcbd
  8. #efe5cd
  9. #f4edde
  10. #faf6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa759 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa759
  2. #c3a35d
  3. #bb9f61
  4. #b49b65
  5. #ac9769
  6. #a5946d
  7. #9e9070
  8. #968c74
  9. #8f8878
  10. #87847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8aa92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a652 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0af5c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d99b95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa655 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4ac5b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3a081 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa759 {
  color: #caa759;
}
Background
.bg-caa759 {
  background-color: #caa759;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa759 {
  border: 2px solid #caa759;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa759;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 167 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 52% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa759 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa759, #b4ca59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa759 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 167 89 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.03 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.38 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.93 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.11 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.51 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.66 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.71 #3558a6 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caa759  rgb(202, 167, 89)  hsl(41, 52%, 57%)  Metallic Gold
#597cca  rgb(89, 124, 202)  hsl(221, 52%, 57%)  Glaucous
#59caa7  rgb(89, 202, 167)  hsl(161, 52%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a759ca  rgb(167, 89, 202)  hsl(281, 52%, 57%)  Medium Orchid