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#C2B449

#c2b449 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c2b449 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 70.59% green and 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.22% magenta, 62.37% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 53.06°, with 49.79% saturation and 52.35% 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 9.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 2.48.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4459

Complementary

  1. #c2b449
  2. #4957c2

Split complementary

  1. #c2b449
  2. #4993c2
  3. #7749c2

Analogous

  1. #c27749
  2. #c2b449
  3. #93c249

Triadic

  1. #c2b449
  2. #49c2b4
  3. #b449c2

Tetradic

  1. #c2b449
  2. #57c249
  3. #4957c2
  4. #b449c2

Square

  1. #c2b449
  2. #49c277
  3. #4957c2
  4. #c24993

Monochromatic

  1. #554f1d
  2. #8f8430
  3. #c2b449
  4. #d5cc82
  5. #e8e3bc

Shades

#c2b449 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2b449
  2. #afa242
  3. #9b903a
  4. #887e33
  5. #746c2c
  6. #615a25
  7. #4e481d
  8. #3a3616
  9. #27240f
  10. #131207
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2b449 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2b449
  2. #c8bc5b
  3. #cec36d
  4. #d4cb80
  5. #dad292
  6. #e1daa4
  7. #e7e1b6
  8. #ede9c8
  9. #f3f0db
  10. #f9f8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2b449 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2b449
  2. #bbaf4f
  3. #b5aa54
  4. #aea45a
  5. #a89f5f
  6. #a19a65
  7. #9a956a
  8. #949070
  9. #8d8a75
  10. #87857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b394 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4af3d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b54f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d0a89d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b142 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b54d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cbad84 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2b449 {
  color: #c2b449;
}
Background
.bg-c2b449 {
  background-color: #c2b449;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2b449 {
  border: 2px solid #c2b449;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2b449;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 180 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 50% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2b449 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2b449, #93c249);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2b449 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 180 73 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.48 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.82 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.97 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.60 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.20 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.21 #3d4bb6 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c2b449  rgb(194, 180, 73)  hsl(53, 50%, 52%)  Vegas Gold
#4957c2  rgb(73, 87, 194)  hsl(233, 50%, 52%)  Iris
#49c2b4  rgb(73, 194, 180)  hsl(173, 50%, 52%)  Tiffany Blue
#b449c2  rgb(180, 73, 194)  hsl(293, 50%, 52%)  Medium Orchid