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#C3A751

#c3a751 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c3a751 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.47% red, 65.49% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.36% magenta, 58.46% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 45.26°, with 48.72% saturation and 54.12% 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 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 4.27.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3983

Complementary

  1. #c3a751
  2. #516dc3

Split complementary

  1. #c3a751
  2. #51a6c3
  3. #6e51c3

Analogous

  1. #c36e51
  2. #c3a751
  3. #a6c351

Triadic

  1. #c3a751
  2. #51c3a7
  3. #a751c3

Tetradic

  1. #c3a751
  2. #6dc351
  3. #516dc3
  4. #a751c3

Square

  1. #c3a751
  2. #51c36e
  3. #516dc3
  4. #c351a6

Monochromatic

  1. #5b4d20
  2. #947c33
  3. #c3a751
  4. #d7c48a
  5. #eae1c3

Shades

#c3a751 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c3a751
  2. #b09649
  3. #9c8641
  4. #897539
  5. #756431
  6. #625429
  7. #4e4320
  8. #3b3218
  9. #272110
  10. #141108
  11. #000000

Tints

#c3a751 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c3a751
  2. #c9b062
  3. #cfb974
  4. #d5c185
  5. #dbca97
  6. #e1d3a8
  7. #e7dcb9
  8. #ede5cb
  9. #f3eddc
  10. #f9f6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c3a751 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c3a751
  2. #bca356
  3. #b69f5a
  4. #af9b5f
  5. #a89764
  6. #a29469
  7. #9b906d
  8. #948c72
  9. #8d8877
  10. #87847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a88e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a549 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bead55 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d19b94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bca64c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0aa53 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cca07e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c3a751 {
  color: #c3a751;
}
Background
.bg-c3a751 {
  background-color: #c3a751;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c3a751 {
  border: 2px solid #c3a751;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c3a751;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 167 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 49% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c3a751 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3a751, #a6c351);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c3a751 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 167 81 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.27 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.68 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.26 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.90 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.65 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.76 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.96 #3c58ae Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c3a751  rgb(195, 167, 81)  hsl(45, 49%, 54%)  Vegas Gold
#516dc3  rgb(81, 109, 195)  hsl(225, 49%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#51c3a7  rgb(81, 195, 167)  hsl(165, 49%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a751c3  rgb(167, 81, 195)  hsl(285, 49%, 54%)  Purpureus