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#CACA74

#caca74 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caca74 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 79.22% green and 45.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 42.57% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 44.79% saturation and 62.35% 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 12.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 5.05.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5606

Complementary

  1. #caca74
  2. #7474ca

Split complementary

  1. #caca74
  2. #749fca
  3. #9f74ca

Analogous

  1. #ca9f74
  2. #caca74
  3. #9fca74

Triadic

  1. #caca74
  2. #74caca
  3. #ca74ca

Tetradic

  1. #caca74
  2. #74ca74
  3. #7474ca
  4. #ca74ca

Square

  1. #caca74
  2. #74ca9f
  3. #7474ca
  4. #ca749f

Monochromatic

  1. #77772e
  2. #afaf43
  3. #caca74
  4. #dfdfab
  5. #f4f4e3

Shades

#caca74 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caca74
  2. #b6b668
  3. #a2a25d
  4. #8d8d51
  5. #797946
  6. #65653a
  7. #51512e
  8. #3d3d23
  9. #282817
  10. #14140c
  11. #000000

Tints

#caca74 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caca74
  2. #cfcf82
  3. #d5d590
  4. #dada9e
  5. #dfdfac
  6. #e5e5ba
  7. #eaeac7
  8. #efefd5
  9. #f4f4e3
  10. #fafaf1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caca74 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caca74
  2. #c3c375
  3. #bbbb76
  4. #b4b478
  5. #acac79
  6. #a5a57a
  7. #9e9e7b
  8. #96967c
  9. #8f8f7e
  10. #87877f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7c7ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6c46d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c778 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d5c0b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2c670 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2c876 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1c49f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caca74 {
  color: #caca74;
}
Background
.bg-caca74 {
  background-color: #caca74;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caca74 {
  border: 2px solid #caca74;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caca74;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 202 116;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caca74 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caca74, #9fca74);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caca74 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 202 116 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.05 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.80 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 7.10 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.42 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 7.46 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.57 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.11 #35358b Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#caca74  rgb(202, 202, 116)  hsl(60, 45%, 62%)  Dark Khaki
#7474ca  rgb(116, 116, 202)  hsl(240, 45%, 62%)  Medium Slate Blue
#74caca  rgb(116, 202, 202)  hsl(180, 45%, 62%)  Medium Turquoise
#ca74ca  rgb(202, 116, 202)  hsl(300, 45%, 62%)  Orchid