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#CAAE03

#caae03 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#caae03 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 68.24% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.86% magenta, 98.51% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 51.56°, with 97.07% saturation and 40.2% 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 9.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.36.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4284

Complementary

  1. #caae03
  2. #031fca

Split complementary

  1. #caae03
  2. #0383ca
  3. #4b03ca

Analogous

  1. #ca4b03
  2. #caae03
  3. #83ca03

Triadic

  1. #caae03
  2. #03caae
  3. #ae03ca

Tetradic

  1. #caae03
  2. #1fca03
  3. #031fca
  4. #ae03ca

Square

  1. #caae03
  2. #03ca4b
  3. #031fca
  4. #ca0383

Monochromatic

  1. #332c01
  2. #7f6d02
  3. #caae03
  4. #fcdc1e
  5. #fde869

Shades

#caae03 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caae03
  2. #b69d03
  3. #a28b02
  4. #8d7a02
  5. #796802
  6. #655702
  7. #514601
  8. #3d3401
  9. #282301
  10. #141100
  11. #000000

Tints

#caae03 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caae03
  2. #cfb61c
  3. #d5be35
  4. #dac64f
  5. #dfce68
  6. #e5d781
  7. #eadf9a
  8. #efe7b3
  9. #f4efcd
  10. #faf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caae03 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caae03
  2. #c3a910
  3. #bba51c
  4. #b4a029
  5. #ac9c35
  6. #a59742
  7. #9e924e
  8. #968e5b
  9. #8f8967
  10. #878574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #baaf8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b31d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db9f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ab00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9b115 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a575 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caae03 {
  color: #caae03;
}
Background
.bg-caae03 {
  background-color: #caae03;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caae03 {
  border: 2px solid #caae03;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caae03;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 174 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 97% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caae03 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caae03, #83ca03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caae03 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 174 3 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.15 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.69 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.89 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.11 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.63 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.39 #3551fc Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#caae03  rgb(202, 174, 3)  hsl(52, 97%, 40%)  Old Gold
#031fca  rgb(3, 31, 202)  hsl(232, 97%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#03caae  rgb(3, 202, 174)  hsl(172, 97%, 40%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae03ca  rgb(174, 3, 202)  hsl(292, 97%, 40%)  Dark Orchid