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#CAAA29 — Yellow

#CAAA29 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #CAAA29 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CAAA29 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #2A4ACB; it also sits naturally between #CB5A2A and #9BCB2A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAAA29 · RGB 202, 170, 41

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Color values

HEX#CAAA29
RGB202, 170, 41
HSL48°, 66%, 48%
HSV48°, 80%, 79%
CMYK0%, 16%, 80%, 21%
XYZ39.13, 41.47, 8.04
Yxy41.47, 0.4415, 0.4678
CIE-Lab70.50, -0.89, 65.24
Hunter Lab64.39, -0.79, 35.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 67% · Blue 16%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 16% · Yellow 80% · Key 21%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CAAA29 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAAA29 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAAA29

.text { color: #CAAA29; }
.background { background-color: #CAAA29; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAAA29; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 170, 41); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 66%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAAA29; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 170, 41, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAAA29; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 170, 41, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAAA29">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAAA29">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAAA29

#BA9D26#A58B22#947D1E#7F6B1A#6E5D17#5D4E13#483D0F#372E0B#221C07#110E03

Tints of #CAAA29

#D6B738#DBBE4D#DEC45E#E2CC73#E7D488#EBDC9E#EFE3B3#F3E9C4#F7F1D9#FCF9EE

Tones of #CAAA29

#C0A435#B49D41#A9964C#9D8F58#928863#85816F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2A4ACB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.26:1 Fails
Against black text9.29:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAAA29: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAAA29

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CAAA29: ·

How #CAAA29 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BCBC48Deuteranopia · #BEC050Tritanopia · #C86166

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Tailwind yellow 600 · #CA8A04Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CAAA29 rather than the exact color:

Misty Ruby Summit
#733F20 · #CAAA25 · #BBDD47 · #67D42E
Tranquil Voyage
#2CB89D · #A72FC4 · #C7A92F · #D5F0EA
Silent Ruby Voyage
#EAD68F · #CEA821 · #7C6413 · #3B310C
Silent Ruby Monsoon
#B22E26 · #572F12 · #C3A32B · #90A41E
Radiant Ruby Cinder
#E2D365 · #C5B225 · #9D8C16 · #6E6416
Lucky Ruby Marble
#E87FA6 · #E2876C · #BFA522 · #7AB82A

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#CAAA25#C7A92F#CEA821#C3A32B#C5B225#BFA522#CAB31E#C49F30#C1A231#BDA227#BBAD27#CCB51E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAAA28  ·  #CAAA2A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAAA29?

#CAAA29 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 202, 170, 41). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAAA29?

#CAAA29 is RGB 202, 170, 41 — HSL 48°, 66%, 48% — CMYK 0%, 16%, 80%, 21%.

What colors go with #CAAA29?

Its complement is #2A4ACB; analogous partners are #CB5A2A and #9BCB2A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAAA29 for text?

Black text on #CAAA29 has a contrast ratio of 9.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.26:1.