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#C0A74F

#c0a74f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c0a74f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.29% red, 65.49% green and 30.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.02% magenta, 58.85% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 46.73°, with 47.28% saturation and 53.14% 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 8.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.66.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3941

Complementary

  1. #c0a74f
  2. #4f68c0

Split complementary

  1. #c0a74f
  2. #4fa0c0
  3. #6f4fc0

Analogous

  1. #c06f4f
  2. #c0a74f
  3. #a0c04f

Triadic

  1. #c0a74f
  2. #4fc0a7
  3. #a74fc0

Tetradic

  1. #c0a74f
  2. #68c04f
  3. #4f68c0
  4. #a74fc0

Square

  1. #c0a74f
  2. #4fc06f
  3. #4f68c0
  4. #c04fa0

Monochromatic

  1. #574b1f
  2. #8f7b33
  3. #c0a74f
  4. #d4c387
  5. #e8dfc0

Shades

#c0a74f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c0a74f
  2. #ad9647
  3. #9a863f
  4. #867537
  5. #73642f
  6. #605428
  7. #4d4320
  8. #3a3218
  9. #262110
  10. #131108
  11. #000000

Tints

#c0a74f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c0a74f
  2. #c6b061
  3. #cdb972
  4. #d3c184
  5. #d9ca95
  6. #e0d3a7
  7. #e6dcb9
  8. #ece5ca
  9. #f2eddc
  10. #f9f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c0a74f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c0a74f
  2. #baa354
  3. #b39f59
  4. #ad9b5e
  5. #a69763
  6. #a09468
  7. #9a906c
  8. #938c71
  9. #8d8876
  10. #86847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2a88d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a446 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdac53 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ce9b93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baa54a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beaa51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9a07e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c0a74f {
  color: #c0a74f;
}
Background
.bg-c0a74f {
  background-color: #c0a74f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c0a74f {
  border: 2px solid #c0a74f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c0a74f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 192 167 79;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 47% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c0a74f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c0a74f, #a0c04f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c0a74f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(192 167 79 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.53 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.64 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.06 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.08 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.42 #3f58b0 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Brass
#c0a74f  rgb(192, 167, 79)  hsl(47, 47%, 53%)  Brass
#4f68c0  rgb(79, 104, 192)  hsl(227, 47%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#4fc0a7  rgb(79, 192, 167)  hsl(167, 47%, 53%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a74fc0  rgb(167, 79, 192)  hsl(287, 47%, 53%)  Purpureus