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#CCAA0A

#ccaa0a ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccaa0a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 66.67% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.67% magenta, 95.1% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 49.48°, with 90.65% saturation and 41.96% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.14.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4161

Complementary

  1. #ccaa0a
  2. #0a2ccc

Split complementary

  1. #ccaa0a
  2. #0a8dcc
  3. #490acc

Analogous

  1. #cc490a
  2. #ccaa0a
  3. #8dcc0a

Triadic

  1. #ccaa0a
  2. #0accaa
  3. #aa0acc

Tetradic

  1. #ccaa0a
  2. #2ccc0a
  3. #0a2ccc
  4. #aa0acc

Square

  1. #ccaa0a
  2. #0acc49
  3. #0a2ccc
  4. #cc0a8d

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3003
  2. #836d06
  3. #ccaa0a
  4. #f5d22e
  5. #f8e277

Shades

#ccaa0a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccaa0a
  2. #b89909
  3. #a38808
  4. #8f7707
  5. #7a6606
  6. #665505
  7. #524404
  8. #3d3303
  9. #292202
  10. #141101
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccaa0a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccaa0a
  2. #d1b323
  3. #d6bb3b
  4. #dbc454
  5. #e0cc6c
  6. #e6d585
  7. #ebdd9d
  8. #f0e6b6
  9. #f5eece
  10. #faf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccaa0a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccaa0a
  2. #c4a616
  3. #bda222
  4. #b59d2d
  5. #ae9939
  6. #a69545
  7. #9e9151
  8. #978d5d
  9. #8f8868
  10. #888474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #baac89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b11e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd9b91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4a800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9ae18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7a173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccaa0a {
  color: #ccaa0a;
}
Background
.bg-ccaa0a {
  background-color: #ccaa0a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccaa0a {
  border: 2px solid #ccaa0a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccaa0a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 170 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 91% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccaa0a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccaa0a, #8dcc0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccaa0a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 170 10 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.14 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.07 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.78 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.81 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.25 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.54 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.18 #3355f5 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#ccaa0a  rgb(204, 170, 10)  hsl(49, 91%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#0a2ccc  rgb(10, 44, 204)  hsl(229, 91%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0accaa  rgb(10, 204, 170)  hsl(169, 91%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#aa0acc  rgb(170, 10, 204)  hsl(289, 91%, 42%)  Dark Orchid