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#C4A91C

#c4a91c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c4a91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 66.27% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.78% magenta, 85.71% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 50.36°, with 75% saturation and 43.92% 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 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.6.

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Relative luminance0.402

Complementary

  1. #c4a91c
  2. #1c37c4

Split complementary

  1. #c4a91c
  2. #1c8bc4
  3. #551cc4

Analogous

  1. #c4551c
  2. #c4a91c
  3. #8bc41c

Triadic

  1. #c4a91c
  2. #1cc4a9
  3. #a91cc4

Tetradic

  1. #c4a91c
  2. #37c41c
  3. #1c37c4
  4. #a91cc4

Square

  1. #c4a91c
  2. #1cc455
  3. #1c37c4
  4. #c41c8b

Monochromatic

  1. #3e3609
  2. #816f12
  3. #c4a91c
  4. #e5cc48
  5. #eede8b

Shades

#c4a91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4a91c
  2. #b09819
  3. #9d8716
  4. #897614
  5. #766511
  6. #62550e
  7. #4e440b
  8. #3b3308
  9. #272206
  10. #141103
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4a91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4a91c
  2. #cab233
  3. #d0ba49
  4. #d6c360
  5. #dccb77
  6. #e2d48e
  7. #e7dda4
  8. #ede5bb
  9. #f3eed2
  10. #f9f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4a91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4a91c
  2. #bda526
  3. #b6a130
  4. #b09d3a
  5. #a99944
  6. #a2954e
  7. #9b9058
  8. #948c62
  9. #8e886c
  10. #878476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5aa88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2ae29 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d49b90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3ac24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cea173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4a91c {
  color: #c4a91c;
}
Background
.bg-c4a91c {
  background-color: #c4a91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4a91c {
  border: 2px solid #c4a91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4a91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 169 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 75% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4a91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4a91c, #8bc41c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4a91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 169 28 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.60 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.03 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.30 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.27 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.24 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.38 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 9.65 #3b56e3 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c4a91c  rgb(196, 169, 28)  hsl(50, 75%, 44%)  Old Gold
#1c37c4  rgb(28, 55, 196)  hsl(230, 75%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#1cc4a9  rgb(28, 196, 169)  hsl(170, 75%, 44%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a91cc4  rgb(169, 28, 196)  hsl(290, 75%, 44%)  Dark Orchid