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#C19C1B

#c19c1b ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c19c1b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.69% red, 61.18% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.17% magenta, 86.01% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 46.63°, with 75.45% saturation and 43.14% 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 5.46.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3519

Complementary

  1. #c19c1b
  2. #1b40c1

Split complementary

  1. #c19c1b
  2. #1b93c1
  3. #491bc1

Analogous

  1. #c1491b
  2. #c19c1b
  3. #93c11b

Triadic

  1. #c19c1b
  2. #1bc19c
  3. #9c1bc1

Tetradic

  1. #c19c1b
  2. #40c11b
  3. #1b40c1
  4. #9c1bc1

Square

  1. #c19c1b
  2. #1bc149
  3. #1b40c1
  4. #c11b93

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3008
  2. #7e6612
  3. #c19c1b
  4. #e5c144
  5. #eed787

Shades

#c19c1b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c19c1b
  2. #ae8c18
  3. #9a7d16
  4. #876d13
  5. #745e10
  6. #614e0e
  7. #4d3e0b
  8. #3a2f08
  9. #271f05
  10. #131003
  11. #000000

Tints

#c19c1b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c19c1b
  2. #c7a632
  3. #cdb049
  4. #d4ba5f
  5. #dac476
  6. #e0ce8d
  7. #e6d7a4
  8. #ece1bb
  9. #f3ebd1
  10. #f9f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c19c1b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c19c1b
  2. #bb9925
  3. #b4962f
  4. #ae9439
  5. #a79143
  6. #a18e4e
  7. #9a8b58
  8. #948862
  9. #8d866c
  10. #878376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae9e80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a425 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d28e85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b69b02 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca121 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cb946b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c19c1b {
  color: #c19c1b;
}
Background
.bg-c19c1b {
  background-color: #c19c1b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c19c1b {
  border: 2px solid #c19c1b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c19c1b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 156 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 75% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c19c1b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c19c1b, #93c11b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c19c1b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 156 27 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.46 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.51 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.09 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.31 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.57 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.75 #3e63e4 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c19c1b  rgb(193, 156, 27)  hsl(47, 75%, 43%)  Metallic Gold
#1b40c1  rgb(27, 64, 193)  hsl(227, 75%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#1bc19c  rgb(27, 193, 156)  hsl(167, 75%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#9c1bc1  rgb(156, 27, 193)  hsl(287, 75%, 43%)  Dark Orchid