Christmas Gold Color

#caa906

Christmas Gold is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #3556f9
Complementary Color #0626ca
Color Shade: warm yellow (49.9° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.78% (better contrasting with white)
Christmas Gold Color Sample
Christmas Gold Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #caa906

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Christmas Gold Color. The Romaine Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Pickled Lemon (#ddcc11) for more calm effect. Try Mogwa-Cheong Yellow as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#0626ca is the best complementary color to Christmas Gold. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #caa906 complementary color is Dark Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Buddha Gold are #ca4606 and #89ca06. Thus found on the left and right of #caa906 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Grenadier and Pistachio colors as they work well with Christmas Gold.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Christmas Gold palette consists of #4706ca and #0689ca colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0626ca). Try Purple and Lochmara colors in combination with #caa906, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #caa906 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Christmas Gold. Thus Electric Violet and Caribbean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Christmas Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dark Blue, Malachite, and Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #caa906 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Christmas Gold tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#0626ca) and two others. The Caribbean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Monza – 120° from the complementary Dark Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #06caa9 and #ca0626.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #caa906 is made of 54% red, 45% green and 2% blue. In a HSL mode Christmas Gold has a hue angle of 49.9°, a saturation of 94.23% and a lightness of 40.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #caa906 is made of 0% cyan, 12.95% magenta, 76.87% yellow and 20.78% black ink.

HEX #caa906
RGB Decimal rgb(202,169,6)
RGB Percentage 54%, 45%, 2%
CMYK 0, 12.95, 76.87, 20.78
HSL hsl(49.9,94.23%,40.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(49.9,97.03%,79.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.1378,-1.0832,72.2275)
XYZ xyz(38.578,40.9456,6.0423)
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