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#C2A91C

#c2a91c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c2a91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 66.27% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.89% magenta, 85.57% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 50.96°, with 74.77% saturation and 43.53% 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 8.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.7.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3993

Complementary

  1. #c2a91c
  2. #1c35c2

Split complementary

  1. #c2a91c
  2. #1c88c2
  3. #561cc2

Analogous

  1. #c2561c
  2. #c2a91c
  3. #88c21c

Triadic

  1. #c2a91c
  2. #1cc2a9
  3. #a91cc2

Tetradic

  1. #c2a91c
  2. #35c21c
  3. #1c35c2
  4. #a91cc2

Square

  1. #c2a91c
  2. #1cc256
  3. #1c35c2
  4. #c21c88

Monochromatic

  1. #3c3509
  2. #7f6f12
  3. #c2a91c
  4. #e4cc46
  5. #eedf89

Shades

#c2a91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2a91c
  2. #af9819
  3. #9b8716
  4. #887614
  5. #746511
  6. #61550e
  7. #4e440b
  8. #3a3308
  9. #272206
  10. #131103
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2a91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2a91c
  2. #c8b233
  3. #ceba49
  4. #d4c360
  5. #dacb77
  6. #e1d48e
  7. #e7dda4
  8. #ede5bb
  9. #f3eed2
  10. #f9f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2a91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2a91c
  2. #bba526
  3. #b5a130
  4. #ae9d3a
  5. #a89944
  6. #a1954e
  7. #9a9058
  8. #948c62
  9. #8d886c
  10. #878476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a987 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2ad29 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d29b90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bea600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2ab24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cca173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2a91c {
  color: #c2a91c;
}
Background
.bg-c2a91c {
  background-color: #c2a91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2a91c {
  border: 2px solid #c2a91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2a91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 169 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 75% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2a91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2a91c, #88c21c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2a91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 169 28 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.49 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.96 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.14 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.71 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.94 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 10.04 #3d56e3 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c2a91c  rgb(194, 169, 28)  hsl(51, 75%, 44%)  Old Gold
#1c35c2  rgb(28, 53, 194)  hsl(231, 75%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#1cc2a9  rgb(28, 194, 169)  hsl(171, 75%, 44%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a91cc2  rgb(169, 28, 194)  hsl(291, 75%, 44%)  Dark Orchid