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#CAAC09

#caac09 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#caac09 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 67.45% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.85% magenta, 95.54% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 50.67°, with 91.47% saturation and 41.37% 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.51.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4208

Complementary

  1. #caac09
  2. #0927ca

Split complementary

  1. #caac09
  2. #0988ca
  3. #4b09ca

Analogous

  1. #ca4b09
  2. #caac09
  3. #88ca09

Triadic

  1. #caac09
  2. #09caac
  3. #ac09ca

Tetradic

  1. #caac09
  2. #27ca09
  3. #0927ca
  4. #ac09ca

Square

  1. #caac09
  2. #09ca4b
  3. #0927ca
  4. #ca0988

Monochromatic

  1. #382f02
  2. #816e06
  3. #caac09
  4. #f6d62a
  5. #f9e473

Shades

#caac09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caac09
  2. #b69b08
  3. #a28a07
  4. #8d7806
  5. #796705
  6. #655605
  7. #514504
  8. #3d3403
  9. #282202
  10. #141101
  11. #000000

Tints

#caac09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caac09
  2. #cfb422
  3. #d5bd3a
  4. #dac553
  5. #dfcd6b
  6. #e5d684
  7. #eade9d
  8. #efe6b5
  9. #f4eece
  10. #faf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caac09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caac09
  2. #c3a815
  3. #bba321
  4. #b49f2d
  5. #ac9a39
  6. #a59645
  7. #9e9250
  8. #968d5c
  9. #8f8968
  10. #878474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #baad8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b21f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db9d92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4aa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8af18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5a374 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caac09 {
  color: #caac09;
}
Background
.bg-caac09 {
  background-color: #caac09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caac09 {
  border: 2px solid #caac09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caac09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 172 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caac09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caac09, #88ca09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caac09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 172 9 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.51 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.68 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.39 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.79 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.93 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.12 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.41 #3553f6 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Old Gold
#caac09  rgb(202, 172, 9)  hsl(51, 91%, 41%)  Old Gold
#0927ca  rgb(9, 39, 202)  hsl(231, 91%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#09caac  rgb(9, 202, 172)  hsl(171, 91%, 41%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ac09ca  rgb(172, 9, 202)  hsl(291, 91%, 41%)  Dark Orchid