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#C0A044

#c0a044 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c0a044 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.29% red, 62.75% green and 26.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.67% magenta, 64.58% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 44.52°, with 49.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.42.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3677

Complementary

  1. #c0a044
  2. #4464c0

Split complementary

  1. #c0a044
  2. #44a2c0
  3. #6244c0

Analogous

  1. #c06244
  2. #c0a044
  3. #a2c044

Triadic

  1. #c0a044
  2. #44c0a0
  3. #a044c0

Tetradic

  1. #c0a044
  2. #64c044
  3. #4464c0
  4. #a044c0

Square

  1. #c0a044
  2. #44c062
  3. #4464c0
  4. #c044a2

Monochromatic

  1. #50421b
  2. #89722e
  3. #c0a044
  4. #d3bd7d
  5. #e7dab6

Shades

#c0a044 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c0a044
  2. #ad903d
  3. #9a8036
  4. #867030
  5. #736029
  6. #605022
  7. #4d401b
  8. #3a3014
  9. #26200e
  10. #131007
  11. #000000

Tints

#c0a044 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c0a044
  2. #c6aa57
  3. #cdb369
  4. #d3bd7c
  5. #d9c68f
  6. #e0d0a2
  7. #e6d9b4
  8. #ece3c7
  9. #f2ecda
  10. #f9f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c0a044 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c0a044
  2. #ba9d4a
  3. #b39a50
  4. #ad9656
  5. #a6935c
  6. #a09062
  7. #9a8d68
  8. #938a6e
  9. #8d8674
  10. #86837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a287 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19e3a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a748 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf948c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b79f3e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca446 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c99976 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c0a044 {
  color: #c0a044;
}
Background
.bg-c0a044 {
  background-color: #c0a044;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c0a044 {
  border: 2px solid #c0a044;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c0a044;
  --color-primary-rgb: 192 160 68;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 50% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c0a044 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c0a044, #a2c044);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c0a044 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(192 160 68 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.42 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.57 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.34 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.83 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.96 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.42 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.94 #3f5fbb Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#c0a044  rgb(192, 160, 68)  hsl(45, 50%, 51%)  Brass
#4464c0  rgb(68, 100, 192)  hsl(225, 50%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#44c0a0  rgb(68, 192, 160)  hsl(165, 50%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a044c0  rgb(160, 68, 192)  hsl(285, 50%, 51%)  Purpureus