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#CAA916

#caa916 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caa916 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 66.27% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.34% magenta, 89.11% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 49°, with 80.36% saturation and 43.92% 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 9.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.03.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4099

Complementary

  1. #caa916
  2. #1637ca

Split complementary

  1. #caa916
  2. #1691ca
  3. #4f16ca

Analogous

  1. #ca4f16
  2. #caa916
  3. #91ca16

Triadic

  1. #caa916
  2. #16caa9
  3. #a916ca

Tetradic

  1. #caa916
  2. #37ca16
  3. #1637ca
  4. #a916ca

Square

  1. #caa916
  2. #16ca4f
  3. #1637ca
  4. #ca1691

Monochromatic

  1. #403607
  2. #856f0e
  3. #caa916
  4. #eacc42
  5. #f2de87

Shades

#caa916 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa916
  2. #b69814
  3. #a28712
  4. #8d760f
  5. #79650d
  6. #65550b
  7. #514409
  8. #3d3307
  9. #282204
  10. #141102
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa916 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa916
  2. #cfb22d
  3. #d5ba45
  4. #dac35c
  5. #dfcb73
  6. #e5d48b
  7. #eadda2
  8. #efe5b9
  9. #f4eed0
  10. #faf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa916 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa916
  2. #c3a521
  3. #bba12b
  4. #b49d36
  5. #ac9940
  6. #a5954b
  7. #9e9056
  8. #968c60
  9. #8f886b
  10. #878475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8ab89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b024 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db9a90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7ad1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5a073 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa916 {
  color: #caa916;
}
Background
.bg-caa916 {
  background-color: #caa916;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa916 {
  border: 2px solid #caa916;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa916;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 169 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa916 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa916, #91ca16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa916 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 169 22 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.03 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.93 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.83 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.00 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.67 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.10 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.57 #3556e9 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caa916  rgb(202, 169, 22)  hsl(49, 80%, 44%)  Metallic Gold
#1637ca  rgb(22, 55, 202)  hsl(229, 80%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#16caa9  rgb(22, 202, 169)  hsl(169, 80%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#a916ca  rgb(169, 22, 202)  hsl(289, 80%, 44%)  Dark Orchid