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#CAA905

#caa905 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#caa905 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 66.27% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.34% magenta, 97.52% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 49.95°, with 95.17% saturation and 40.59% 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 9.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.47.

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Relative luminance0.4094

Complementary

  1. #caa905
  2. #0526ca

Split complementary

  1. #caa905
  2. #0589ca
  3. #4705ca

Analogous

  1. #ca4705
  2. #caa905
  3. #89ca05

Triadic

  1. #caa905
  2. #05caa9
  3. #a905ca

Tetradic

  1. #caa905
  2. #26ca05
  3. #0526ca
  4. #a905ca

Square

  1. #caa905
  2. #05ca47
  3. #0526ca
  4. #ca0589

Monochromatic

  1. #352c01
  2. #7f6b03
  3. #caa905
  4. #fad522
  5. #fbe36d

Shades

#caa905 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa905
  2. #b69805
  3. #a28704
  4. #8d7604
  5. #796503
  6. #655503
  7. #514402
  8. #3d3302
  9. #282201
  10. #141101
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa905 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa905
  2. #cfb21e
  3. #d5ba37
  4. #dac350
  5. #dfcb69
  6. #e5d482
  7. #eadd9b
  8. #efe5b4
  9. #f4eecd
  10. #faf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa905 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa905
  2. #c3a511
  3. #bba11e
  4. #b49d2a
  5. #ac9936
  6. #a59543
  7. #9e904f
  8. #968c5b
  9. #8f8867
  10. #878474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8aa88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b01c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db9a90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7ad15 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5a072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa905 {
  color: #caa905;
}
Background
.bg-caa905 {
  background-color: #caa905;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa905 {
  border: 2px solid #caa905;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa905;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 169 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 95% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa905 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa905, #89ca05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa905 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 169 5 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.47 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.21 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.05 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.23 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.03 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.56 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.59 #3556fa Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caa905  rgb(202, 169, 5)  hsl(50, 95%, 41%)  Metallic Gold
#0526ca  rgb(5, 38, 202)  hsl(230, 95%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#05caa9  rgb(5, 202, 169)  hsl(170, 95%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#a905ca  rgb(169, 5, 202)  hsl(290, 95%, 41%)  Dark Orchid