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#CAA93E

#caa93e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caa93e 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 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.34% magenta, 69.31% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 45.86°, with 56.91% saturation and 51.76% 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 9.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.45.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4128

Complementary

  1. #caa93e
  2. #3e5fca

Split complementary

  1. #caa93e
  2. #3ea5ca
  3. #633eca

Analogous

  1. #ca633e
  2. #caa93e
  3. #a5ca3e

Triadic

  1. #caa93e
  2. #3ecaa9
  3. #a93eca

Tetradic

  1. #caa93e
  2. #5fca3e
  3. #3e5fca
  4. #a93eca

Square

  1. #caa93e
  2. #3eca63
  3. #3e5fca
  4. #ca3ea5

Monochromatic

  1. #574818
  2. #937a28
  3. #caa93e
  4. #dac47a
  5. #ebdeb6

Shades

#caa93e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa93e
  2. #b69838
  3. #a28732
  4. #8d762b
  5. #796525
  6. #65551f
  7. #514419
  8. #3d3313
  9. #28220c
  10. #141106
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa93e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa93e
  2. #cfb251
  3. #d5ba65
  4. #dac378
  5. #dfcb8b
  6. #e5d49f
  7. #eaddb2
  8. #efe5c5
  9. #f4eed8
  10. #faf6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa93e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa93e
  2. #c3a545
  3. #bba14b
  4. #b49d52
  5. #ac9958
  6. #a5955f
  7. #9e9066
  8. #968c6c
  9. #8f8873
  10. #878479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9ab8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba730 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b043 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #da9b93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a836 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6ad41 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a17a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa93e {
  color: #caa93e;
}
Background
.bg-caa93e {
  background-color: #caa93e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa93e {
  border: 2px solid #caa93e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa93e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 169 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 57% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa93e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa93e, #a5ca3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa93e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 169 62 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.45 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.18 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.53 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.56 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.66 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 9.12 #3556c1 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caa93e  rgb(202, 169, 62)  hsl(46, 57%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#3e5fca  rgb(62, 95, 202)  hsl(226, 57%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#3ecaa9  rgb(62, 202, 169)  hsl(166, 57%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a93eca  rgb(169, 62, 202)  hsl(286, 57%, 52%)  Dark Orchid