Caramel - 12/15/2021
Caramel is the Color of the Day for 12/15/2021. Caramel has a hex value of #C68E17. On the RGB scale it has values of Red: 198, Green: 142, and Blue: 23
Color Spaces of Caramel
| Hex | C68E17 | #C68E17 |
| RGB | 198 142 23 | rgb(198 142 23) |
| RGB % | 78 56 9 | rgb(78 56 9) |
| CIELAB | 63.35, 15.2, 63.73 | |
| CMY | 22, 44, 91 | |
| CMYK | 0, 28, 88, 22 | |
| HSL | 41, 79, 43 | hsl(41 79% 43%) |
| HSV | 41, 88, 78 | hsv(41 88% 78%) |
| HSI | 42, 81, 121 | |
| HWB | 41, 9, 22 | hwb(41 9% 22%) |
| LCH | 63.35, 65.52, 76.58 | |
| XYZ | 35.16, 32.01, 4.03 | |
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All About Caramel
Caramel is a warm and inviting shade of brown that is reminiscent of the sweet and creamy confectionery treat that it's named after. It's a rich and sophisticated color that can range from a light, creamy beige to a deeper, more saturated tone. Caramel is a popular choice in fashion, interior design, and art for its ability to add a touch of warmth, comfort, and elegance to any setting.
Caramel in Fashion
In fashion, Caramel is often used in clothing items like coats, sweaters, and boots, as well as in accessories like handbags and belts. It's a versatile color that works well with other warm and neutral tones like cream, beige, and black, as well as with bolder colors like burgundy and navy. Caramel-colored clothing and accessories are a great choice for creating a sophisticated and timeless look that's both elegant and comfortable.
Caramel in Interior Design
In interior design, Caramel is a popular choice for creating a cozy and inviting atmosphere. It pairs well with other warm tones like orange, red, and gold, and can be used as a primary or accent color for walls, furniture, and accessories. Caramel-colored throw pillows, area rugs, and curtains can add a touch of warmth and comfort to any room, while also complementing a wide range of styles, from rustic to modern.
Caramel in Art
In art, Caramel can be used as a rich and earthy pigment in painting or as a material for creating textured collages and sculptures. It's a warm and inviting color that can add a sense of depth and richness to a piece. Caramel is often used in still life and portrait paintings to represent warmth and comfort, as well as in abstract art to create depth and contrast.
Closest Common Color
Caramel is closest to the common color brown. Brown is a mixture of several different colors. One common mixture is orange and black. Brown can be associated with resilience, strength and reliability. Brown is the color of dirt which makes it a natural color that is the most down-to-earth. You can see brown as the most common human eye color. Grizzly bears, footballs, chocolate, tree bark, and dirt are things that are brown.
Shades of Caramel
A shade is a concept of darkening a color. Below you will find the shades of colors from Caramel all the way to Black evenly distributed.
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Tints of Caramel
A tint is a concept of lightening a color. Below you will find the tints of colors from Caramel all the way to White evenly distributed.
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Tones of Caramel
A tone is a concept of adding gray to a color. Below you will find the tones of colors from Caramel all the way to Gray evenly distributed.
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Monochromatic Colors of Caramel
A monochromatic color scheme is based on a single color and contains both shades and tints of that color. Below you will find a monochromatic color scheme based off of Caramel.
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Complementary Color of Caramel
Complementary colors are two colors that are the complete opposite of each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors are used by many including graphic designers, painters, and other artists. Knowing the complementary color for a given color is useful because using them together creates a visual contrast which can really make a design pop! Below you will find the complementary color of Caramel.
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Split Complementary Colors of Caramel
A Split Complementary color scheme is based on a single color and then finds the complementary color of the main color and uses that as a reference to find two colors to the left and right of that complementary color on the color wheel. A total of three colors make up a split complementary color scheme. A common example of a split complementary color scheme in an RGB Model is red, green-cyan, and blue-cyan. Below you will find a split complementary color scheme based off of Caramel.
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Triadic Colors of Caramel
A triadic color scheme is made up of three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with one color to as the baseline and the two other colors serve as accent colors. On the color wheel this can be envisioned as a triangle. Below you will find a triadic color scheme based off of Caramel.
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Tetradic Colors of Caramel
A tetradic color scheme is made up of four colors that form a rectangle on the color wheel. This color harmony is also known as a double complementary color scheme becuase it is made up of two complementary color pairs. Below you will find a tetradic color scheme based off of Caramel.
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Analogous Colors of Caramel
An analogous color scheme is made up of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with a single color as the baseline, a second color, and an accent color or a mixture of the first two colors as the third color. Below you will find an analogous color scheme based off of Caramel.
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Variations of Caramel
A variation of a color is the idea of swapping the values of Red, Blue, and Green with one another to create a new color. The color Caramel has RGB values of R:198, G:142, and B:23. Using this information, we can create the following 5 variations using RBG, GRB, GBR, BRG, and GBR. Out of the 5 possible variations of Caramel, 5 of them will be unique without counting our orignal color of Caramel.
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Web Safe Color of Caramel
A web safe color is a color that will not be dithered when shown on a web browser that only has 256-color support. Although this is not much of an issue in modern browsers today it is important to understand the history. A web safe color will always appear as intended across any device/browser. There are 216 colors that are considered web safe. Below you will find the closest web safe color to Caramel.
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CSS Code for Caramel
Text Color
This paragraph tag has text in the color #C68E17
Text Shadow Color
This text has a shadow in the color #C68E17
Border Color
This div tag has a border color of #C68E17
Background Color
This div tag has a background color of #C68E17
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Caramel Accessibility
When it comes to accessibility it is important to consider the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 issued by W3C. The WCAG provides a set of standards to determine if two colors have an appropriate contrast ratio in order to be readable on a web. This is achieved by measuring luminance, also known as brightness, between the color of your text and the background color. The WCAG has several levels of conformance: (A - Lowest, AA - Mid Range, AAA - Highest). If you meet the requirements of a higher range of conformance then you automatically meet the lower levels. For Example, if you meet AAA then by default you also meet AA and A. The contrast ratios that need to be met also consider the size of the font. Below are the contrast ratios needed to be compliant.
- Level AA (large text/18-point font): 3:1
- Level AA: 4.5:1
- Level AAA (large text/18-point font): 4.5:1
- Level AAA: 7:1
In the following sections we take a look at conformance levels AA and AAA for both large sized text and normal sized text. We took care of all the calculations so you will be able to see right away whether or not a text color of Caramel is readable according to the WCAG against both Black and White backgrounds.
Caramel Contrast on Black Background
The color Caramel has passed 4 out of 4 WCAG tests against a Black background. This means there is a 100% accessibility rating and therefore makes Caramel a perfect choice against a Black background.
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Caramel Contrast on White Background
The color Caramel has passed 0 out of 4 WCAG tests against a White background. This means there is a 0% accessibility rating and therefore makes Caramel a poor choice against a White background.
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