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#CAAC3F

#caac3f ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caac3f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 67.45% green and 24.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.85% magenta, 68.81% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 47.05°, with 56.73% saturation and 51.96% 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 9.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.41.

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Relative luminance0.4242

Complementary

  1. #caac3f
  2. #3f5dca

Split complementary

  1. #caac3f
  2. #3fa2ca
  3. #663fca

Analogous

  1. #ca663f
  2. #caac3f
  3. #a2ca3f

Triadic

  1. #caac3f
  2. #3fcaac
  3. #ac3fca

Tetradic

  1. #caac3f
  2. #5dca3f
  3. #3f5dca
  4. #ac3fca

Square

  1. #caac3f
  2. #3fca66
  3. #3f5dca
  4. #ca3fa2

Monochromatic

  1. #584a18
  2. #947d29
  3. #caac3f
  4. #dbc67b
  5. #ebe0b7

Shades

#caac3f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caac3f
  2. #b69b39
  3. #a28a32
  4. #8d782c
  5. #796726
  6. #655620
  7. #514519
  8. #3d3413
  9. #28220d
  10. #141106
  11. #000000

Tints

#caac3f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caac3f
  2. #cfb452
  3. #d5bd65
  4. #dac579
  5. #dfcd8c
  6. #e5d69f
  7. #eadeb2
  8. #efe6c5
  9. #f4eed9
  10. #faf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caac3f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caac3f
  2. #c3a846
  3. #bba34c
  4. #b49f53
  5. #ac9a59
  6. #a59660
  7. #9e9266
  8. #968d6d
  9. #8f8973
  10. #87847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #baad8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea931 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b245 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #da9f96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3aa37 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7b042 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a47c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caac3f {
  color: #caac3f;
}
Background
.bg-caac3f {
  background-color: #caac3f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caac3f {
  border: 2px solid #caac3f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caac3f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 172 63;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 57% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caac3f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caac3f, #a2ca3f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caac3f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 172 63 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.41 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.95 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.34 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.06 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.71 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.39 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.68 #3553c0 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caac3f  rgb(202, 172, 63)  hsl(47, 57%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#3f5dca  rgb(63, 93, 202)  hsl(227, 57%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#3fcaac  rgb(63, 202, 172)  hsl(167, 57%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ac3fca  rgb(172, 63, 202)  hsl(287, 57%, 52%)  Dark Orchid