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#C3A00A

#c3a00a ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c3a00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.47% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.95% magenta, 94.87% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 48.65°, with 90.24% saturation and 40.2% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 4.75.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3677

Complementary

  1. #c3a00a
  2. #0a2dc3

Split complementary

  1. #c3a00a
  2. #0a8ac3
  3. #440ac3

Analogous

  1. #c3440a
  2. #c3a00a
  3. #8ac30a

Triadic

  1. #c3a00a
  2. #0ac3a0
  3. #a00ac3

Tetradic

  1. #c3a00a
  2. #2dc30a
  3. #0a2dc3
  4. #a00ac3

Square

  1. #c3a00a
  2. #0ac344
  3. #0a2dc3
  4. #c30a8a

Monochromatic

  1. #312903
  2. #7a6406
  3. #c3a00a
  4. #f4cd26
  5. #f8de6e

Shades

#c3a00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c3a00a
  2. #b09009
  3. #9c8008
  4. #897007
  5. #756006
  6. #625005
  7. #4e4004
  8. #3b3003
  9. #272002
  10. #141001
  11. #000000

Tints

#c3a00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c3a00a
  2. #c9aa23
  3. #cfb33b
  4. #d5bd54
  5. #dbc66c
  6. #e1d085
  7. #e7d99d
  8. #ede3b6
  9. #f3ecce
  10. #f9f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c3a00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c3a00a
  2. #bc9d16
  3. #b69a22
  4. #af962d
  5. #a89339
  6. #a29045
  7. #9b8d51
  8. #948a5d
  9. #8d8668
  10. #878374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1a282 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bca81c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d49188 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba9e00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfa516 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cd976c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c3a00a {
  color: #c3a00a;
}
Background
.bg-c3a00a {
  background-color: #c3a00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c3a00a {
  border: 2px solid #c3a00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c3a00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 90% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c3a00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3a00a, #8ac30a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c3a00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.75 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.68 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.21 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.86 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.68 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.37 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.14 #3c5ff5 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c3a00a  rgb(195, 160, 10)  hsl(49, 90%, 40%)  Metallic Gold
#0a2dc3  rgb(10, 45, 195)  hsl(229, 90%, 40%)  Persian Blue
#0ac3a0  rgb(10, 195, 160)  hsl(169, 90%, 40%)  Caribbean Green
#a00ac3  rgb(160, 10, 195)  hsl(289, 90%, 40%)  Dark Violet