#caac36

Color #caac36

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 12.46 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#caac36

RGB

rgb(202, 172, 54)

HSL

hsl(47.8, 58.3%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.8, 73.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 73.3%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(71.1, -1.42, 61.26)

LCH

lch(71.1, 61.28, 91.33)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.1358, 94.27)

HWB

hwb(47.8, 21.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3654ca

Analogous

#ca6236

#caac36

#9eca36

Triadic

#caac36

#36caac

#ac36ca

Split-complementary

#caac36

#369eca

#6236ca

Tetradic

#caac36

#54ca36

#3654ca

#ac36ca

Square

#caac36

#36ca62

#3654ca

#ca369e

Shades

Color #caac36 mixed toward black.

#a9902c

#877324

#65561b

#443912

#221d09

Tints

Color #caac36 mixed toward white.

#d3ba57

#dcc879

#e5d59a

#ede3bc

#f6f1dd

Tones

Color #caac36 mixed toward gray.

#bea542

#b19d4f

#a5965b

#998f67

#8c8774

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebe64 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#bfc26c · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#c97b80 · ΔE 39

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #caac36;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#caac36]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#caac36 (#caac36) is rgb(202, 172, 54) in RGB.

No, #caac36 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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