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#CCAA35

#ccaa35 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccaa35 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 66.67% green and 20.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.67% magenta, 74.02% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 46.49°, with 59.68% saturation and 50.39% 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 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 1.73.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4184

Complementary

  1. #ccaa35
  2. #3557cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccaa35
  2. #35a2cc
  3. #5e35cc

Analogous

  1. #cc5e35
  2. #ccaa35
  3. #a2cc35

Triadic

  1. #ccaa35
  2. #35ccaa
  3. #aa35cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccaa35
  2. #57cc35
  3. #3557cc
  4. #aa35cc

Square

  1. #ccaa35
  2. #35cc5e
  3. #3557cc
  4. #cc35a2

Monochromatic

  1. #534515
  2. #907824
  3. #ccaa35
  4. #dbc472
  5. #ebddaf

Shades

#ccaa35 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccaa35
  2. #b89930
  3. #a3882a
  4. #8f7725
  5. #7a6620
  6. #66551b
  7. #524415
  8. #3d3310
  9. #29220b
  10. #141105
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccaa35 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccaa35
  2. #d1b349
  3. #d6bb5d
  4. #dbc472
  5. #e0cc86
  6. #e6d59a
  7. #ebddae
  8. #f0e6c2
  9. #f5eed7
  10. #faf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccaa35 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccaa35
  2. #c4a63d
  3. #bda244
  4. #b59d4c
  5. #ae9953
  6. #a6955b
  7. #9e9162
  8. #978d6a
  9. #8f8871
  10. #888479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #baac8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda722 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b13c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd9c93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3a82b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8ae39 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6a278 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccaa35 {
  color: #ccaa35;
}
Background
.bg-ccaa35 {
  background-color: #ccaa35;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccaa35 {
  border: 2px solid #ccaa35;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccaa35;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 170 53;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 60% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccaa35 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccaa35, #a2cc35);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccaa35 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 170 53 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.73 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.58 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.14 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.73 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.06 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.42 #3355ca Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#ccaa35  rgb(204, 170, 53)  hsl(46, 60%, 50%)  Metallic Gold
#3557cc  rgb(53, 87, 204)  hsl(226, 60%, 50%)  Sapphire
#35ccaa  rgb(53, 204, 170)  hsl(166, 60%, 50%)  Medium Aquamarine
#aa35cc  rgb(170, 53, 204)  hsl(286, 60%, 50%)  Dark Orchid