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#CAAE30

#caae30 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caae30 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 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.86% magenta, 76.24% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 49.09°, with 61.6% saturation and 49.02% 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 9.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.94.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4304

Complementary

  1. #caae30
  2. #304cca

Split complementary

  1. #caae30
  2. #3099ca
  3. #6130ca

Analogous

  1. #ca6130
  2. #caae30
  3. #99ca30

Triadic

  1. #caae30
  2. #30caae
  3. #ae30ca

Tetradic

  1. #caae30
  2. #4cca30
  3. #304cca
  4. #ae30ca

Square

  1. #caae30
  2. #30ca61
  3. #304cca
  4. #ca3099

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4413
  2. #8c7921
  3. #caae30
  4. #dcc76b
  5. #eadea9

Shades

#caae30 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caae30
  2. #b69d2b
  3. #a28b26
  4. #8d7a22
  5. #79681d
  6. #655718
  7. #514613
  8. #3d340e
  9. #28230a
  10. #141105
  11. #000000

Tints

#caae30 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caae30
  2. #cfb645
  3. #d5be59
  4. #dac66e
  5. #dfce83
  6. #e5d798
  7. #eadfac
  8. #efe7c1
  9. #f4efd6
  10. #faf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caae30 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caae30
  2. #c3a938
  3. #bba540
  4. #b4a048
  5. #ac9c50
  6. #a59758
  7. #9e9260
  8. #968e68
  9. #8f8970
  10. #878578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbaf8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa17 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b338 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daa096 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4ac23 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9b135 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a67a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caae30 {
  color: #caae30;
}
Background
.bg-caae30 {
  background-color: #caae30;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caae30 {
  border: 2px solid #caae30;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caae30;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 174 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 62% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caae30 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caae30, #99ca30);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caae30 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 174 48 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.94 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.76 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.04 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.39 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.93 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.04 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.40 #3551cf Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#caae30  rgb(202, 174, 48)  hsl(49, 62%, 49%)  Old Gold
#304cca  rgb(48, 76, 202)  hsl(229, 62%, 49%)  Sapphire
#30caae  rgb(48, 202, 174)  hsl(169, 62%, 49%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae30ca  rgb(174, 48, 202)  hsl(289, 62%, 49%)  Dark Orchid