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#C5BE49

#c5be49 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c5be49 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 74.51% green and 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.55% magenta, 62.94% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 56.61°, with 51.67% saturation and 52.94% 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 10.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 5.01.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4918

Complementary

  1. #c5be49
  2. #4950c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5be49
  2. #498ec5
  3. #8049c5

Analogous

  1. #c58049
  2. #c5be49
  3. #8ec549

Triadic

  1. #c5be49
  2. #49c5be
  3. #be49c5

Tetradic

  1. #c5be49
  2. #50c549
  3. #4950c5
  4. #be49c5

Square

  1. #c5be49
  2. #49c580
  3. #4950c5
  4. #c5498e

Monochromatic

  1. #59551c
  2. #938d2f
  3. #c5be49
  4. #d7d383
  5. #eae7bd

Shades

#c5be49 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5be49
  2. #b1ab42
  3. #9e983a
  4. #8a8533
  5. #76722c
  6. #635f25
  7. #4f4c1d
  8. #3b3916
  9. #27260f
  10. #141307
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5be49 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5be49
  2. #cbc55b
  3. #d1cb6d
  4. #d6d280
  5. #dcd892
  6. #e2dfa4
  7. #e8e5b6
  8. #eeecc8
  9. #f3f2db
  10. #f9f9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5be49 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5be49
  2. #beb84f
  3. #b7b254
  4. #b0ab5a
  5. #a9a55f
  6. #a39f65
  7. #9c996a
  8. #959370
  9. #8e8c75
  10. #87867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfbc9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb73b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bc50 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d3b2a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caba41 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccbd4d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cdb78a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5be49 {
  color: #c5be49;
}
Background
.bg-c5be49 {
  background-color: #c5be49;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5be49 {
  border: 2px solid #c5be49;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5be49;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 190 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 52% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5be49 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5be49, #8ec549);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5be49 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 190 73 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.01 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.50 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.10 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.81 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.11 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.20 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.79 #3a41b6 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c5be49  rgb(197, 190, 73)  hsl(57, 52%, 53%)  Vegas Gold
#4950c5  rgb(73, 80, 197)  hsl(237, 52%, 53%)  Iris
#49c5be  rgb(73, 197, 190)  hsl(177, 52%, 53%)  Medium Turquoise
#be49c5  rgb(190, 73, 197)  hsl(297, 52%, 53%)  Medium Orchid