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#C09E2A

#c09e2a ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c09e2a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.29% red, 61.96% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.71% magenta, 78.13% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 46.4°, with 64.1% saturation and 45.88% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 5.05.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3583

Complementary

  1. #c09e2a
  2. #2a4cc0

Split complementary

  1. #c09e2a
  2. #2a97c0
  3. #532ac0

Analogous

  1. #c0532a
  2. #c09e2a
  3. #97c02a

Triadic

  1. #c09e2a
  2. #2ac09e
  3. #9e2ac0

Tetradic

  1. #c09e2a
  2. #4cc02a
  3. #2a4cc0
  4. #9e2ac0

Square

  1. #c09e2a
  2. #2ac053
  3. #2a4cc0
  4. #c02a97

Monochromatic

  1. #42370f
  2. #816a1c
  3. #c09e2a
  4. #dbbe5b
  5. #e9d79a

Shades

#c09e2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c09e2a
  2. #ad8e26
  3. #9a7e22
  4. #866f1d
  5. #735f19
  6. #604f15
  7. #4d3f11
  8. #3a2f0d
  9. #262008
  10. #131004
  11. #000000

Tints

#c09e2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c09e2a
  2. #c6a83f
  3. #cdb155
  4. #d3bb6a
  5. #d9c57f
  6. #e0cf95
  7. #e6d8aa
  8. #ece2bf
  9. #f2ecd4
  10. #f9f5ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c09e2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c09e2a
  2. #ba9b33
  3. #b3983b
  4. #ad9544
  5. #a6924c
  6. #a08f55
  7. #9a8c5e
  8. #938966
  9. #8d866f
  10. #868377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea082 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09c12 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a531 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d09088 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b79d1e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca32e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca966e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c09e2a {
  color: #c09e2a;
}
Background
.bg-c09e2a {
  background-color: #c09e2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c09e2a {
  border: 2px solid #c09e2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c09e2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 192 158 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 64% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c09e2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c09e2a, #97c02a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c09e2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(192 158 42 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.05 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.93 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.94 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.62 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.58 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.13 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.21 #3f61d5 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c09e2a  rgb(192, 158, 42)  hsl(46, 64%, 46%)  Metallic Gold
#2a4cc0  rgb(42, 76, 192)  hsl(226, 64%, 46%)  Sapphire
#2ac09e  rgb(42, 192, 158)  hsl(166, 64%, 46%)  Mint
#9e2ac0  rgb(158, 42, 192)  hsl(286, 64%, 46%)  Dark Orchid