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#CAA80C

#caa80c ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caa80c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 65.88% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.83% magenta, 94.06% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 49.26°, with 88.79% saturation and 41.96% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.29.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4059

Complementary

  1. #caa80c
  2. #0c2eca

Split complementary

  1. #caa80c
  2. #0c8dca
  3. #490cca

Analogous

  1. #ca490c
  2. #caa80c
  3. #8dca0c

Triadic

  1. #caa80c
  2. #0ccaa8
  3. #a80cca

Tetradic

  1. #caa80c
  2. #2eca0c
  3. #0c2eca
  4. #a80cca

Square

  1. #caa80c
  2. #0cca49
  3. #0c2eca
  4. #ca0c8d

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3003
  2. #826c08
  3. #caa80c
  4. #f3d030
  5. #f7e078

Shades

#caa80c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa80c
  2. #b6970b
  3. #a2860a
  4. #8d7608
  5. #796507
  6. #655406
  7. #514305
  8. #3d3204
  9. #282202
  10. #141101
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa80c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa80c
  2. #cfb124
  3. #d5b93d
  4. #dac255
  5. #dfcb6d
  6. #e5d486
  7. #eadc9e
  8. #efe5b6
  9. #f4eece
  10. #faf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa80c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa80c
  2. #c3a418
  3. #bba023
  4. #b49c2f
  5. #ac983a
  6. #a59446
  7. #9e9052
  8. #968c5d
  9. #8f8869
  10. #878474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8aa88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4af1f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db998f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2a600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7ac19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d59f71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa80c {
  color: #caa80c;
}
Background
.bg-caa80c {
  background-color: #caa80c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa80c {
  border: 2px solid #caa80c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa80c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 168 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 89% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa80c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa80c, #8dca0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa80c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 168 12 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.29 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.37 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.67 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.12 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.00 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.55 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.67 #3557f3 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caa80c  rgb(202, 168, 12)  hsl(49, 89%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#0c2eca  rgb(12, 46, 202)  hsl(229, 89%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0ccaa8  rgb(12, 202, 168)  hsl(169, 89%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#a80cca  rgb(168, 12, 202)  hsl(289, 89%, 42%)  Dark Orchid