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#C19E1B

#c19e1b ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c19e1b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.69% red, 61.96% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.13% magenta, 86.01% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 47.35°, 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 5.04.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3587

Complementary

  1. #c19e1b
  2. #1b3ec1

Split complementary

  1. #c19e1b
  2. #1b91c1
  3. #4b1bc1

Analogous

  1. #c14b1b
  2. #c19e1b
  3. #91c11b

Triadic

  1. #c19e1b
  2. #1bc19e
  3. #9e1bc1

Tetradic

  1. #c19e1b
  2. #3ec11b
  3. #1b3ec1
  4. #9e1bc1

Square

  1. #c19e1b
  2. #1bc14b
  3. #1b3ec1
  4. #c11b91

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3008
  2. #7e6712
  3. #c19e1b
  4. #e5c344
  5. #eed887

Shades

#c19e1b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c19e1b
  2. #ae8e18
  3. #9a7e16
  4. #876f13
  5. #745f10
  6. #614f0e
  7. #4d3f0b
  8. #3a2f08
  9. #272005
  10. #131003
  11. #000000

Tints

#c19e1b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c19e1b
  2. #c7a832
  3. #cdb149
  4. #d4bb5f
  5. #dac576
  6. #e0cf8d
  7. #e6d8a4
  8. #ece2bb
  9. #f3ecd1
  10. #f9f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c19e1b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c19e1b
  2. #bb9b25
  3. #b4982f
  4. #ae9539
  5. #a79243
  6. #a18f4e
  7. #9a8c58
  8. #948962
  9. #8d866c
  10. #878376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa081 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a626 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d29087 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b89d01 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bda322 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cb966c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c19e1b {
  color: #c19e1b;
}
Background
.bg-c19e1b {
  background-color: #c19e1b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c19e1b {
  border: 2px solid #c19e1b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c19e1b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 158 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 75% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c19e1b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c19e1b, #91c11b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c19e1b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 158 27 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.04 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.73 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.54 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.62 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.20 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.35 #3e61e4 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c19e1b  rgb(193, 158, 27)  hsl(47, 75%, 43%)  Metallic Gold
#1b3ec1  rgb(27, 62, 193)  hsl(227, 75%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#1bc19e  rgb(27, 193, 158)  hsl(167, 75%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#9e1bc1  rgb(158, 27, 193)  hsl(287, 75%, 43%)  Dark Orchid