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#CACA78

#caca78 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caca78 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 47.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 40.59% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 43.62% saturation and 63.14% 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 12.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 4.95.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5615

Complementary

  1. #caca78
  2. #7878ca

Split complementary

  1. #caca78
  2. #78a1ca
  3. #a178ca

Analogous

  1. #caa178
  2. #caca78
  3. #a1ca78

Triadic

  1. #caca78
  2. #78caca
  3. #ca78ca

Tetradic

  1. #caca78
  2. #78ca78
  3. #7878ca
  4. #ca78ca

Square

  1. #caca78
  2. #78caa1
  3. #7878ca
  4. #ca78a1

Monochromatic

  1. #797930
  2. #b0b045
  3. #caca78
  4. #e0e0af
  5. #f5f5e6

Shades

#caca78 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caca78
  2. #b6b66c
  3. #a2a260
  4. #8d8d54
  5. #797948
  6. #65653c
  7. #515130
  8. #3d3d24
  9. #282818
  10. #14140c
  11. #000000

Tints

#caca78 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caca78
  2. #cfcf86
  3. #d5d593
  4. #dadaa1
  5. #dfdfae
  6. #e5e5bc
  7. #eaeac9
  8. #efefd7
  9. #f4f4e4
  10. #fafaf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caca78 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caca78
  2. #c3c379
  3. #bbbb7a
  4. #b4b47a
  5. #acac7b
  6. #a5a57c
  7. #9e9e7d
  8. #96967e
  9. #8f8f7e
  10. #87877f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7c7ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6c472 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c77c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d5c1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1c674 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2c87a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d0c4a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caca78 {
  color: #caca78;
}
Background
.bg-caca78 {
  background-color: #caca78;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caca78 {
  border: 2px solid #caca78;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caca78;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 202 120;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 44% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caca78 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caca78, #a1ca78);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caca78 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 202 120 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.95 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.16 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 7.18 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 7.51 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.59 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.64 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.25 #353587 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#caca78  rgb(202, 202, 120)  hsl(60, 44%, 63%)  Dark Khaki
#7878ca  rgb(120, 120, 202)  hsl(240, 44%, 63%)  Medium Purple
#78caca  rgb(120, 202, 202)  hsl(180, 44%, 63%)  Medium Turquoise
#ca78ca  rgb(202, 120, 202)  hsl(300, 44%, 63%)  Orchid