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#CACA3E

#caca3e ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#caca3e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 79.22% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 69.31% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 56.91% saturation and 51.76% 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 12.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 6.18.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5515

Complementary

  1. #caca3e
  2. #3e3eca

Split complementary

  1. #caca3e
  2. #3e84ca
  3. #843eca

Analogous

  1. #ca843e
  2. #caca3e
  3. #84ca3e

Triadic

  1. #caca3e
  2. #3ecaca
  3. #ca3eca

Tetradic

  1. #caca3e
  2. #3eca3e
  3. #3e3eca
  4. #ca3eca

Square

  1. #caca3e
  2. #3eca84
  3. #3e3eca
  4. #ca3e84

Monochromatic

  1. #575718
  2. #939328
  3. #caca3e
  4. #dada7a
  5. #ebebb6

Shades

#caca3e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caca3e
  2. #b6b638
  3. #a2a232
  4. #8d8d2b
  5. #797925
  6. #65651f
  7. #515119
  8. #3d3d13
  9. #28280c
  10. #141406
  11. #000000

Tints

#caca3e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caca3e
  2. #cfcf51
  3. #d5d565
  4. #dada78
  5. #dfdf8b
  6. #e5e59f
  7. #eaeab2
  8. #efefc5
  9. #f4f4d8
  10. #fafaec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caca3e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caca3e
  2. #c3c345
  3. #bbbb4b
  4. #b4b452
  5. #acac58
  6. #a5a55f
  7. #9e9e66
  8. #96966c
  9. #8f8f73
  10. #878779
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c6a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dac227 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc648 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8bdae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4c531 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5c844 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3c28f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caca3e {
  color: #caca3e;
}
Background
.bg-caca3e {
  background-color: #caca3e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caca3e {
  border: 2px solid #caca3e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caca3e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 202 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 57% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caca3e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caca3e, #84ca3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caca3e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 202 62 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.18 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.36 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.59 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.36 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.67 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.14 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 8.57 #3535c1 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Straw
#caca3e  rgb(202, 202, 62)  hsl(60, 57%, 52%)  Straw
#3e3eca  rgb(62, 62, 202)  hsl(240, 57%, 52%)  Ocean Blue
#3ecaca  rgb(62, 202, 202)  hsl(180, 57%, 52%)  Robin Egg Blue
#ca3eca  rgb(202, 62, 202)  hsl(300, 57%, 52%)  Medium Orchid