Information about #CAC343 color

#CAC343 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CAC343 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(202, 195, 67) — 79.2% red, 76.5% green, 26.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 3 / 53 / 21. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #CAC343 reads as a clearly saturated golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Billy T (#C1B943). Slightly further away sit Warm Olive (#C7B63C) and Wattle (#D6CA3D).

The recipe behind #CAC343 is rgb(202, 195, 67), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CAC343: 11.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#CAC343 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CAC343 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CAC343

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Warm Olive color link
Warm Olive

#C7B63C

Wattle color link
Wattle

#D6CA3D

Old Gold color link
Old Gold

#CFB53B

Ipanema color link
Ipanema

#DCC64B

Confetti color link
Confetti

#DDCB46

Party Mix color link
Party Mix

#E1C53A

Las Palmas color link
Las Palmas

#C6DA36

Vegas Gold color link
Vegas Gold

#C5B358

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CAC343
  • RGB202, 195, 67
  • CMYK0, 3, 53, 21
  • CSSrgb(202, 195, 67)
  • HSL57°, 56%, 53%
  • HSL Precise56.889°, 56.017%, 52.745%
  • HSV57°, 67%, 79%
  • HSB57°, 67%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.765
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.263
  • GLSLvec3(0.792, 0.765, 0.263)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.792, 0.765, 0.263, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.792, 0.765, 0.263)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB76.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB26.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCAC343
  • DECIMAL ID13288259
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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