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#C8A005

#c8a005 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#c8a005 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 62.75% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 97.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 47.69°, with 95.12% saturation and 40.2% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.39.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3743

Complementary

  1. #c8a005
  2. #052dc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a005
  2. #058fc8
  3. #3e05c8

Analogous

  1. #c83e05
  2. #c8a005
  3. #8fc805

Triadic

  1. #c8a005
  2. #05c8a0
  3. #a005c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a005
  2. #2dc805
  3. #052dc8
  4. #a005c8

Square

  1. #c8a005
  2. #05c83e
  3. #052dc8
  4. #c8058f

Monochromatic

  1. #332901
  2. #7d6403
  3. #c8a005
  4. #f9cd20
  5. #fbde6b

Shades

#c8a005 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a005
  2. #b49005
  3. #a08004
  4. #8c7004
  5. #786003
  6. #645003
  7. #504002
  8. #3c3002
  9. #282001
  10. #141001
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a005 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a005
  2. #ceaa1e
  3. #d3b337
  4. #d9bd50
  5. #dec669
  6. #e4d082
  7. #e9d99b
  8. #efe3b4
  9. #f4eccd
  10. #faf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a005 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a005
  2. #c19d11
  3. #ba9a1e
  4. #b2962a
  5. #ab9336
  6. #a49043
  7. #9d8d4f
  8. #968a5b
  9. #8e8667
  10. #878374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a383 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bea919 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #da9188 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc9f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a613 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3976b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a005 {
  color: #c8a005;
}
Background
.bg-c8a005 {
  background-color: #c8a005;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a005 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a005;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a005;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 160 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 95% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a005 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a005, #8fc805);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a005 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 160 5 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.53 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.68 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.00 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.00 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.74 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.04 #375ffa Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#c8a005  rgb(200, 160, 5)  hsl(48, 95%, 40%)  Goldenrod
#052dc8  rgb(5, 45, 200)  hsl(228, 95%, 40%)  Persian Blue
#05c8a0  rgb(5, 200, 160)  hsl(168, 95%, 40%)  Caribbean Green
#a005c8  rgb(160, 5, 200)  hsl(288, 95%, 40%)  Dark Violet