Information about #CAAA74 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#CAAA74 is a clearly saturated amber-leaning orange that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Golden Thistle Yellow (#CAA375). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Toupe (#C7AC7D) and Light French Beige (#C8AD7F).
In RGB terms — rgb(202, 170, 116) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #CAAA74 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. No one has named #CAAA74 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#CAAA74 color variations
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#CAAA74 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#CAAA74 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#CAAA74 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#CAAA74 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#CAAA74 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #CAAA74 color
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Nearest named colors to #CAAA74
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#CAA375
#C7AC7D
#C8AD7F
#D2AC7D
#CE9F6F
#D3B17D
#D4A36A
#C0A469
#C6AE83
#C1A07D
#CCA483
#C2B280
#CAAA74 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#CAAA74
- RGB202, 170, 116
- CMYK0, 13, 34, 21
- CSSrgb(202, 170, 116)
- HSL38°, 45%, 62%
- HSL Precise37.674°, 44.792%, 62.353%
- HSV38°, 43%, 79%
- HSB38°, 43%, 79%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.792
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.667
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.455
- GLSLvec3(0.792, 0.667, 0.455)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.792, 0.667, 0.455, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.792, 0.667, 0.455)
- Percentage of Red in RGB79.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB45.5%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDCAAA74
- DECIMAL ID13281908
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers4 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
