#caaa00

Color #caaa00

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 11.11 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#caaa00

RGB

rgb(202, 170, 0)

HSL

hsl(50.5, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.5, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 100%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(70.39, -1.68, 73.13)

LCH

lch(70.39, 73.15, 91.32)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.1529, 95.4)

HWB

hwb(50.5, 0%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0020ca

Analogous

#ca4500

#caaa00

#85ca00

Triadic

#caaa00

#00caaa

#aa00ca

Split-complementary

#caaa00

#0085ca

#4500ca

Tetradic

#caaa00

#20ca00

#0020ca

#aa00ca

Square

#caaa00

#00ca45

#0020ca

#ca0085

Shades

Color #caaa00 mixed toward black.

#a88e00

#877100

#655500

#433900

#221c00

Tints

Color #caaa00 mixed toward white.

#fdd500

#ffde32

#ffe765

#ffef98

#fff7cc

Tones

Color #caaa00 mixed toward gray.

#b99e11

#a89322

#978732

#877c43

#767054

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbd58 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#bfc161 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#c97479 · ΔE 42.4

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #caaa00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#caaa00]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#caaa00 (#caaa00) is rgb(202, 170, 0) in RGB.

No, #caaa00 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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