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#C3AD4E

#c3ad4e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c3ad4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.47% red, 67.84% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.28% magenta, 60% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 48.72°, with 49.37% saturation and 53.53% 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 9.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 1.99.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4204

Complementary

  1. #c3ad4e
  2. #4e64c3

Split complementary

  1. #c3ad4e
  2. #4e9ec3
  3. #734ec3

Analogous

  1. #c3734e
  2. #c3ad4e
  3. #9ec34e

Triadic

  1. #c3ad4e
  2. #4ec3ad
  3. #ad4ec3

Tetradic

  1. #c3ad4e
  2. #64c34e
  3. #4e64c3
  4. #ad4ec3

Square

  1. #c3ad4e
  2. #4ec373
  3. #4e64c3
  4. #c34e9e

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4e1e
  2. #938132
  3. #c3ad4e
  4. #d6c787
  5. #eae2c0

Shades

#c3ad4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c3ad4e
  2. #b09c46
  3. #9c8a3e
  4. #897937
  5. #75682f
  6. #625727
  7. #4e451f
  8. #3b3417
  9. #272310
  10. #141108
  11. #000000

Tints

#c3ad4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c3ad4e
  2. #c9b560
  3. #cfbd71
  4. #d5c683
  5. #dbce95
  6. #e1d6a7
  7. #e7deb8
  8. #ede6ca
  9. #f3efdc
  10. #f9f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c3ad4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c3ad4e
  2. #bca953
  3. #b6a458
  4. #afa05d
  5. #a89b62
  6. #a29767
  7. #9b926c
  8. #948e71
  9. #8d8976
  10. #87857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6ad91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda944 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b152 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d1a198 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfab48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3af51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cca681 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c3ad4e {
  color: #c3ad4e;
}
Background
.bg-c3ad4e {
  background-color: #c3ad4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c3ad4e {
  border: 2px solid #c3ad4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c3ad4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 173 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 49% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c3ad4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3ad4e, #9ec34e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c3ad4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 173 78 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 1.99 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.26 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.02 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.04 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.04 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.94 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.46 #3c52b1 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c3ad4e  rgb(195, 173, 78)  hsl(49, 49%, 54%)  Vegas Gold
#4e64c3  rgb(78, 100, 195)  hsl(229, 49%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#4ec3ad  rgb(78, 195, 173)  hsl(169, 49%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ad4ec3  rgb(173, 78, 195)  hsl(289, 49%, 54%)  Medium Orchid