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#C2A447

#c2a447 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c2a447 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 64.31% green and 27.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.46% magenta, 63.4% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 45.37°, with 50.2% saturation and 51.96% 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3848

Complementary

  1. #c2a447
  2. #4765c2

Split complementary

  1. #c2a447
  2. #47a2c2
  3. #6747c2

Analogous

  1. #c26747
  2. #c2a447
  3. #a2c247

Triadic

  1. #c2a447
  2. #47c2a4
  3. #a447c2

Tetradic

  1. #c2a447
  2. #65c247
  3. #4765c2
  4. #a447c2

Square

  1. #c2a447
  2. #47c267
  3. #4765c2
  4. #c247a2

Monochromatic

  1. #54461c
  2. #8e762f
  3. #c2a447
  4. #d5c080
  5. #e8ddba

Shades

#c2a447 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2a447
  2. #af9440
  3. #9b8339
  4. #887332
  5. #74622b
  6. #615224
  7. #4e421c
  8. #3a3115
  9. #27210e
  10. #131007
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2a447 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2a447
  2. #c8ad59
  3. #ceb66c
  4. #d4bf7e
  5. #dac891
  6. #e1d2a3
  7. #e7dbb5
  8. #ede4c8
  9. #f3edda
  10. #f9f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2a447 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2a447
  2. #bba04d
  3. #b59d52
  4. #ae9958
  5. #a8965e
  6. #a19264
  7. #9a8e69
  8. #948b6f
  9. #8d8775
  10. #87847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2a68a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a23d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcaa4b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d19890 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baa341 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bea84a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cb9d79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2a447 {
  color: #c2a447;
}
Background
.bg-c2a447 {
  background-color: #c2a447;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2a447 {
  border: 2px solid #c2a447;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2a447;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 164 71;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 50% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2a447 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2a447, #a2c247);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2a447 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 164 71 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.83 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.13 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.86 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.96 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.79 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.75 #3d5bb8 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Brass
#c2a447  rgb(194, 164, 71)  hsl(45, 50%, 52%)  Brass
#4765c2  rgb(71, 101, 194)  hsl(225, 50%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#47c2a4  rgb(71, 194, 164)  hsl(165, 50%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a447c2  rgb(164, 71, 194)  hsl(285, 50%, 52%)  Purpureus