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#CAAE11

#caae11 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caae11 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 68.24% green and 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.86% magenta, 91.58% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 50.92°, with 84.47% saturation and 42.94% 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 3.02.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4287

Complementary

  1. #caae11
  2. #112dca

Split complementary

  1. #caae11
  2. #1189ca
  3. #5211ca

Analogous

  1. #ca5211
  2. #caae11
  3. #89ca11

Triadic

  1. #caae11
  2. #11caae
  3. #ae11ca

Tetradic

  1. #caae11
  2. #2dca11
  3. #112dca
  4. #ae11ca

Square

  1. #caae11
  2. #11ca52
  3. #112dca
  4. #ca1189

Monochromatic

  1. #3d3405
  2. #83710b
  3. #caae11
  4. #eed339
  5. #f4e380

Shades

#caae11 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caae11
  2. #b69d0f
  3. #a28b0e
  4. #8d7a0c
  5. #79680a
  6. #655709
  7. #514607
  8. #3d3405
  9. #282303
  10. #141102
  11. #000000

Tints

#caae11 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caae11
  2. #cfb629
  3. #d5be41
  4. #dac658
  5. #dfce70
  6. #e5d788
  7. #eadfa0
  8. #efe7b8
  9. #f4efcf
  10. #faf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caae11 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caae11
  2. #c3a91c
  3. #bba527
  4. #b4a032
  5. #ac9c3d
  6. #a59749
  7. #9e9254
  8. #968e5f
  9. #8f896a
  10. #878575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 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 #c8b323 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db9f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9b11d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a576 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caae11 {
  color: #caae11;
}
Background
.bg-caae11 {
  background-color: #caae11;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caae11 {
  border: 2px solid #caae11;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caae11;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 174 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 84% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caae11 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caae11, #89ca11);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caae11 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 174 17 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.02 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.84 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.51 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.59 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.74 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.49 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.35 #3551ee Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#caae11  rgb(202, 174, 17)  hsl(51, 84%, 43%)  Old Gold
#112dca  rgb(17, 45, 202)  hsl(231, 84%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#11caae  rgb(17, 202, 174)  hsl(171, 84%, 43%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae11ca  rgb(174, 17, 202)  hsl(291, 84%, 43%)  Dark Orchid