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#CAA962

#caa962 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caa962 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 66.27% green and 38.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.34% magenta, 51.49% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 40.96°, with 49.52% saturation and 58.82% 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 9.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 6.44.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4181

Complementary

  1. #caa962
  2. #6283ca

Split complementary

  1. #caa962
  2. #62b7ca
  3. #7562ca

Analogous

  1. #ca7562
  2. #caa962
  3. #b7ca62

Triadic

  1. #caa962
  2. #62caa9
  3. #a962ca

Tetradic

  1. #caa962
  2. #83ca62
  3. #6283ca
  4. #a962ca

Square

  1. #caa962
  2. #62ca75
  3. #6283ca
  4. #ca62b7

Monochromatic

  1. #6e5725
  2. #a78438
  3. #caa962
  4. #ddc89b
  5. #f1e8d4

Shades

#caa962 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa962
  2. #b69858
  3. #a2874e
  4. #8d7645
  5. #79653b
  6. #655531
  7. #514427
  8. #3d331d
  9. #282214
  10. #14110a
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa962 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa962
  2. #cfb272
  3. #d5ba81
  4. #dac391
  5. #dfcba1
  6. #e5d4b1
  7. #eaddc0
  8. #efe5d0
  9. #f4eee0
  10. #faf6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa962 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa962
  2. #c3a565
  3. #bba168
  4. #b49d6b
  5. #ac996e
  6. #a59571
  7. #9e9074
  8. #968c77
  9. #8f887a
  10. #87847d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9ab95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a85c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1b164 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d89e98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0a85e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4ae63 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3a286 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa962 {
  color: #caa962;
}
Background
.bg-caa962 {
  background-color: #caa962;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa962 {
  border: 2px solid #caa962;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa962;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 169 98;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 50% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa962 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa962, #b7ca62);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa962 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 169 98 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.44 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.55 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.02 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.14 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 7.39 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 7.45 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 7.88 #35569d Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#caa962  rgb(202, 169, 98)  hsl(41, 50%, 59%)  Vegas Gold
#6283ca  rgb(98, 131, 202)  hsl(221, 50%, 59%)  Glaucous
#62caa9  rgb(98, 202, 169)  hsl(161, 50%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a962ca  rgb(169, 98, 202)  hsl(281, 50%, 59%)  Amethyst