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#CAAF3C

#caaf3c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caaf3c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 68.63% green and 23.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.37% magenta, 70.3% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 48.59°, with 57.26% saturation and 51.37% 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 9.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.76.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4354

Complementary

  1. #caaf3c
  2. #3c57ca

Split complementary

  1. #caaf3c
  2. #3c9eca
  3. #683cca

Analogous

  1. #ca683c
  2. #caaf3c
  3. #9eca3c

Triadic

  1. #caaf3c
  2. #3ccaaf
  3. #af3cca

Tetradic

  1. #caaf3c
  2. #57ca3c
  3. #3c57ca
  4. #af3cca

Square

  1. #caaf3c
  2. #3cca68
  3. #3c57ca
  4. #ca3c9e

Monochromatic

  1. #564a17
  2. #927e28
  3. #caaf3c
  4. #dac878
  5. #ebe0b4

Shades

#caaf3c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caaf3c
  2. #b69e36
  3. #a28c30
  4. #8d7b2a
  5. #796924
  6. #65581e
  7. #514618
  8. #3d3512
  9. #28230c
  10. #141206
  11. #000000

Tints

#caaf3c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caaf3c
  2. #cfb750
  3. #d5bf63
  4. #dac777
  5. #dfcf8a
  6. #e5d79e
  7. #eadfb1
  8. #efe7c5
  9. #f4efd8
  10. #faf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caaf3c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caaf3c
  2. #c3aa43
  3. #bba64a
  4. #b4a150
  5. #ac9c57
  6. #a5985e
  7. #9e9365
  8. #968e6c
  9. #8f8972
  10. #878579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb090 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ab2b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b442 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daa298 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ad33 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9b240 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a77d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caaf3c {
  color: #caaf3c;
}
Background
.bg-caaf3c {
  background-color: #caaf3c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caaf3c {
  border: 2px solid #caaf3c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caaf3c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 175 60;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 57% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caaf3c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caaf3c, #9eca3c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caaf3c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 175 60 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.76 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.84 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.00 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.91 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.97 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.31 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.32 #3550c3 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#caaf3c  rgb(202, 175, 60)  hsl(49, 57%, 51%)  Old Gold
#3c57ca  rgb(60, 87, 202)  hsl(229, 57%, 51%)  Sapphire
#3ccaaf  rgb(60, 202, 175)  hsl(169, 57%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#af3cca  rgb(175, 60, 202)  hsl(289, 57%, 51%)  Dark Orchid