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#C7A91C

#c7a91c ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c7a91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.04% red, 66.27% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.08% magenta, 85.93% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 49.47°, with 75.33% saturation and 44.51% 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 9.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.37.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.406

Complementary

  1. #c7a91c
  2. #1c3ac7

Split complementary

  1. #c7a91c
  2. #1c90c7
  3. #531cc7

Analogous

  1. #c7531c
  2. #c7a91c
  3. #90c71c

Triadic

  1. #c7a91c
  2. #1cc7a9
  3. #a91cc7

Tetradic

  1. #c7a91c
  2. #3ac71c
  3. #1c3ac7
  4. #a91cc7

Square

  1. #c7a91c
  2. #1cc753
  3. #1c3ac7
  4. #c71c90

Monochromatic

  1. #413709
  2. #847013
  3. #c7a91c
  4. #e6ca4a
  5. #efde8d

Shades

#c7a91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c7a91c
  2. #b39819
  3. #9f8716
  4. #8b7614
  5. #776511
  6. #64550e
  7. #50440b
  8. #3c3308
  9. #282206
  10. #141103
  11. #000000

Tints

#c7a91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c7a91c
  2. #cdb233
  3. #d2ba49
  4. #d8c360
  5. #ddcb77
  6. #e3d48e
  7. #e9dda4
  8. #eee5bb
  9. #f4eed2
  10. #f9f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c7a91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c7a91c
  2. #c0a526
  3. #b9a130
  4. #b29d3a
  5. #ab9944
  6. #a4954e
  7. #9c9058
  8. #958c62
  9. #8e886c
  10. #878476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7aa89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3af28 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d89b90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5ac24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1a173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c7a91c {
  color: #c7a91c;
}
Background
.bg-c7a91c {
  background-color: #c7a91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c7a91c {
  border: 2px solid #c7a91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c7a91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 199 169 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 75% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c7a91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c7a91c, #90c71c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c7a91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(199 169 28 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.37 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.61 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.87 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.52 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.54 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.55 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 9.09 #3856e3 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c7a91c  rgb(199, 169, 28)  hsl(49, 75%, 45%)  Metallic Gold
#1c3ac7  rgb(28, 58, 199)  hsl(229, 75%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#1cc7a9  rgb(28, 199, 169)  hsl(169, 75%, 45%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a91cc7  rgb(169, 28, 199)  hsl(289, 75%, 45%)  Dark Orchid