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#C19C21

#c19c21 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c19c21 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 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.17% magenta, 82.9% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 46.13°, with 70.8% saturation and 44.31% 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 5.43.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3522

Complementary

  1. #c19c21
  2. #2146c1

Split complementary

  1. #c19c21
  2. #2196c1
  3. #4c21c1

Analogous

  1. #c14c21
  2. #c19c21
  3. #96c121

Triadic

  1. #c19c21
  2. #21c19c
  3. #9c21c1

Tetradic

  1. #c19c21
  2. #46c121
  3. #2146c1
  4. #9c21c1

Square

  1. #c19c21
  2. #21c14c
  3. #2146c1
  4. #c12196

Monochromatic

  1. #3e320b
  2. #806716
  3. #c19c21
  4. #e1bf4e
  5. #ecd68f

Shades

#c19c21 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c19c21
  2. #ae8c1e
  3. #9a7d1a
  4. #876d17
  5. #745e14
  6. #614e11
  7. #4d3e0d
  8. #3a2f0a
  9. #271f07
  10. #131003
  11. #000000

Tints

#c19c21 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c19c21
  2. #c7a637
  3. #cdb04d
  4. #d4ba64
  5. #dac47a
  6. #e0ce90
  7. #e6d7a6
  8. #ece1bc
  9. #f3ebd3
  10. #f9f5e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c19c21 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c19c21
  2. #bb992b
  3. #b49634
  4. #ae943e
  5. #a79147
  6. #a18e51
  7. #9a8b5a
  8. #948864
  9. #8d866d
  10. #878377
  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 #ae9f80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a42a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d28e86 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b69b0f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca126 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cb946b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c19c21 {
  color: #c19c21;
}
Background
.bg-c19c21 {
  background-color: #c19c21;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c19c21 {
  border: 2px solid #c19c21;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c19c21;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 156 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 71% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c19c21 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c19c21, #96c121);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c19c21 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 156 33 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.43 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.47 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.97 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.32 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.26 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.58 #3e63de Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c19c21  rgb(193, 156, 33)  hsl(46, 71%, 44%)  Metallic Gold
#2146c1  rgb(33, 70, 193)  hsl(226, 71%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#21c19c  rgb(33, 193, 156)  hsl(166, 71%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#9c21c1  rgb(156, 33, 193)  hsl(286, 71%, 44%)  Dark Orchid