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#C0A246

#c0a246 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c0a246 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.29% red, 63.53% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.63% magenta, 63.54% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 45.25°, with 49.19% saturation and 51.37% 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 8.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.75.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3749

Complementary

  1. #c0a246
  2. #4664c0

Split complementary

  1. #c0a246
  2. #46a1c0
  3. #6546c0

Analogous

  1. #c06546
  2. #c0a246
  3. #a1c046

Triadic

  1. #c0a246
  2. #46c0a2
  3. #a246c0

Tetradic

  1. #c0a246
  2. #64c046
  3. #4664c0
  4. #a246c0

Square

  1. #c0a246
  2. #46c065
  3. #4664c0
  4. #c046a1

Monochromatic

  1. #51441c
  2. #8a742f
  3. #c0a246
  4. #d3bf7f
  5. #e7dbb8

Shades

#c0a246 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c0a246
  2. #ad923f
  3. #9a8238
  4. #867131
  5. #73612a
  6. #605123
  7. #4d411c
  8. #3a3115
  9. #26200e
  10. #131007
  11. #000000

Tints

#c0a246 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c0a246
  2. #c6ab59
  3. #cdb56b
  4. #d3be7e
  5. #d9c790
  6. #e0d1a3
  7. #e6dab5
  8. #ece3c8
  9. #f2ecda
  10. #f9f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c0a246 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c0a246
  2. #ba9f4c
  3. #b39b52
  4. #ad9857
  5. #a6945d
  6. #a09163
  7. #9a8e69
  8. #938a6f
  9. #8d8774
  10. #86837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a489 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3a03c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa84a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf968e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8a140 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca648 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c99b78 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c0a246 {
  color: #c0a246;
}
Background
.bg-c0a246 {
  background-color: #c0a246;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c0a246 {
  border: 2px solid #c0a246;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c0a246;
  --color-primary-rgb: 192 162 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 49% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c0a246 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c0a246, #a1c046);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c0a246 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(192 162 70 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.32 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.57 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.39 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.14 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.27 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.03 #3f5db9 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Brass
#c0a246  rgb(192, 162, 70)  hsl(45, 49%, 51%)  Brass
#4664c0  rgb(70, 100, 192)  hsl(225, 49%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#46c0a2  rgb(70, 192, 162)  hsl(165, 49%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a246c0  rgb(162, 70, 192)  hsl(285, 49%, 51%)  Purpureus