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#CCAA4F

#ccaa4f ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ccaa4f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 66.67% green and 30.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.67% magenta, 61.27% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 43.68°, with 55.07% saturation and 55.49% 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 9.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.81.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4215

Complementary

  1. #ccaa4f
  2. #4f71cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccaa4f
  2. #4fb0cc
  3. #6b4fcc

Analogous

  1. #cc6b4f
  2. #ccaa4f
  3. #b0cc4f

Triadic

  1. #ccaa4f
  2. #4fccaa
  3. #aa4fcc

Tetradic

  1. #ccaa4f
  2. #71cc4f
  3. #4f71cc
  4. #aa4fcc

Square

  1. #ccaa4f
  2. #4fcc6b
  3. #4f71cc
  4. #cc4fb0

Monochromatic

  1. #65511d
  2. #a0812e
  3. #ccaa4f
  4. #ddc78a
  5. #eee3c6

Shades

#ccaa4f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccaa4f
  2. #b89947
  3. #a3883f
  4. #8f7737
  5. #7a662f
  6. #665528
  7. #524420
  8. #3d3318
  9. #292210
  10. #141108
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccaa4f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccaa4f
  2. #d1b361
  3. #d6bb72
  4. #dbc484
  5. #e0cc95
  6. #e6d5a7
  7. #ebddb9
  8. #f0e6ca
  9. #f5eedc
  10. #faf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccaa4f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccaa4f
  2. #c4a654
  3. #bda259
  4. #b59d5e
  5. #ae9963
  6. #a69568
  7. #9e916c
  8. #978d71
  9. #8f8876
  10. #88847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbac91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba846 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b253 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc9d96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2a94a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7af51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6a37f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccaa4f {
  color: #ccaa4f;
}
Background
.bg-ccaa4f {
  background-color: #ccaa4f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccaa4f {
  border: 2px solid #ccaa4f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccaa4f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 170 79;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 55% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccaa4f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccaa4f, #b0cc4f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccaa4f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 170 79 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.81 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.10 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.42 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.04 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.04 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.34 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.02 #3355b0 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#ccaa4f  rgb(204, 170, 79)  hsl(44, 55%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#4f71cc  rgb(79, 113, 204)  hsl(224, 55%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#4fccaa  rgb(79, 204, 170)  hsl(164, 55%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#aa4fcc  rgb(170, 79, 204)  hsl(284, 55%, 55%)  Medium Orchid