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#C3A42E

#c3a42e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c3a42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.47% red, 64.31% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.9% magenta, 76.41% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 47.52°, with 61.83% saturation and 47.25% 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 8.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.75.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3835

Complementary

  1. #c3a42e
  2. #2e4dc3

Split complementary

  1. #c3a42e
  2. #2e97c3
  3. #592ec3

Analogous

  1. #c3592e
  2. #c3a42e
  3. #97c32e

Triadic

  1. #c3a42e
  2. #2ec3a4
  3. #a42ec3

Tetradic

  1. #c3a42e
  2. #4dc32e
  3. #2e4dc3
  4. #a42ec3

Square

  1. #c3a42e
  2. #2ec359
  3. #2e4dc3
  4. #c32e97

Monochromatic

  1. #473c11
  2. #85701f
  3. #c3a42e
  4. #dac163
  5. #e9daa1

Shades

#c3a42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c3a42e
  2. #b09429
  3. #9c8325
  4. #897320
  5. #75621c
  6. #625217
  7. #4e4212
  8. #3b310e
  9. #272109
  10. #141005
  11. #000000

Tints

#c3a42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c3a42e
  2. #c9ad43
  3. #cfb658
  4. #d5bf6d
  5. #dbc882
  6. #e1d297
  7. #e7dbab
  8. #ede4c0
  9. #f3edd5
  10. #f9f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c3a42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c3a42e
  2. #bca036
  3. #b69d3e
  4. #af9947
  5. #a8964f
  6. #a29257
  7. #9b8e5f
  8. #948b67
  9. #8d8770
  10. #878478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3a587 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a117 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beaa35 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d3968d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bba222 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0a833 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cd9c73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c3a42e {
  color: #c3a42e;
}
Background
.bg-c3a42e {
  background-color: #c3a42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c3a42e {
  border: 2px solid #c3a42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c3a42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 62% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c3a42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3a42e, #97c32e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c3a42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.75 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.77 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.00 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.13 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.15 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.13 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 10.08 #3c5bd1 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c3a42e  rgb(195, 164, 46)  hsl(48, 62%, 47%)  Metallic Gold
#2e4dc3  rgb(46, 77, 195)  hsl(228, 62%, 47%)  Sapphire
#2ec3a4  rgb(46, 195, 164)  hsl(168, 62%, 47%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a42ec3  rgb(164, 46, 195)  hsl(288, 62%, 47%)  Dark Orchid