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#CAAD60

#caad60 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caad60 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 67.84% green and 37.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.36% magenta, 52.48% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 43.58°, with 50% saturation and 58.43% 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 9.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4329

Complementary

  1. #caad60
  2. #607dca

Split complementary

  1. #caad60
  2. #60b2ca
  3. #7860ca

Analogous

  1. #ca7860
  2. #caad60
  3. #b2ca60

Triadic

  1. #caad60
  2. #60caad
  3. #ad60ca

Tetradic

  1. #caad60
  2. #7dca60
  3. #607dca
  4. #ad60ca

Square

  1. #caad60
  2. #60ca78
  3. #607dca
  4. #ca60b2

Monochromatic

  1. #6d5924
  2. #a68837
  3. #caad60
  4. #ddcb99
  5. #f0e8d3

Shades

#caad60 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caad60
  2. #b69c56
  3. #a28a4d
  4. #8d7943
  5. #79683a
  6. #655730
  7. #514526
  8. #3d341d
  9. #282313
  10. #14110a
  11. #000000

Tints

#caad60 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caad60
  2. #cfb570
  3. #d5bd80
  4. #dac690
  5. #dfcea0
  6. #e5d6b0
  7. #eadebf
  8. #efe6cf
  9. #f4efdf
  10. #faf7ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caad60 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caad60
  2. #c3a963
  3. #bba466
  4. #b4a06a
  5. #ac9b6d
  6. #a59770
  7. #9e9273
  8. #968e76
  9. #8f897a
  10. #87857d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbaf96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcab59 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b363 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8a29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2ac5c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6b162 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3a687 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caad60 {
  color: #caad60;
}
Background
.bg-caad60 {
  background-color: #caad60;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caad60 {
  border: 2px solid #caad60;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caad60;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 173 96;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 50% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caad60 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caad60, #b2ca60);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caad60 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 173 96 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.91 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.36 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.50 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.56 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.22 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.70 #35529f Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#caad60  rgb(202, 173, 96)  hsl(44, 50%, 58%)  Vegas Gold
#607dca  rgb(96, 125, 202)  hsl(224, 50%, 58%)  Glaucous
#60caad  rgb(96, 202, 173)  hsl(164, 50%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ad60ca  rgb(173, 96, 202)  hsl(284, 50%, 58%)  Medium Orchid