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#CAAE3A

#caae3a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caae3a 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 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.86% magenta, 71.29% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 48.33°, with 57.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 9.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.01.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4313

Complementary

  1. #caae3a
  2. #3a56ca

Split complementary

  1. #caae3a
  2. #3a9eca
  3. #663aca

Analogous

  1. #ca663a
  2. #caae3a
  3. #9eca3a

Triadic

  1. #caae3a
  2. #3acaae
  3. #ae3aca

Tetradic

  1. #caae3a
  2. #56ca3a
  3. #3a56ca
  4. #ae3aca

Square

  1. #caae3a
  2. #3aca66
  3. #3a56ca
  4. #ca3a9e

Monochromatic

  1. #544817
  2. #917c27
  3. #caae3a
  4. #dac776
  5. #eae0b3

Shades

#caae3a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caae3a
  2. #b69d34
  3. #a28b2e
  4. #8d7a29
  5. #796823
  6. #65571d
  7. #514617
  8. #3d3411
  9. #28230c
  10. #141106
  11. #000000

Tints

#caae3a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caae3a
  2. #cfb64e
  3. #d5be61
  4. #dac675
  5. #dfce89
  6. #e5d79d
  7. #eadfb0
  8. #efe7c4
  9. #f4efd8
  10. #faf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caae3a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caae3a
  2. #c3a941
  3. #bba548
  4. #b4a04f
  5. #ac9c56
  6. #a5975d
  7. #9e9264
  8. #968e6b
  9. #8f8972
  10. #878579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbaf8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0ab29 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b341 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daa097 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4ac30 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8b13e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a67c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caae3a {
  color: #caae3a;
}
Background
.bg-caae3a {
  background-color: #caae3a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caae3a {
  border: 2px solid #caae3a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caae3a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 174 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 58% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caae3a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caae3a, #9eca3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caae3a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 174 58 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.01 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.61 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.30 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.01 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.85 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.99 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.58 #3551c5 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#caae3a  rgb(202, 174, 58)  hsl(48, 58%, 51%)  Old Gold
#3a56ca  rgb(58, 86, 202)  hsl(228, 58%, 51%)  Sapphire
#3acaae  rgb(58, 202, 174)  hsl(168, 58%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae3aca  rgb(174, 58, 202)  hsl(288, 58%, 51%)  Dark Orchid