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#C8A01F

#c8a01f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a01f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 62.75% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 84.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 45.8°, with 73.16% saturation and 45.29% 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 8.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.06.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3752

Complementary

  1. #c8a01f
  2. #1f47c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a01f
  2. #1f9bc8
  3. #4b1fc8

Analogous

  1. #c84b1f
  2. #c8a01f
  3. #9bc81f

Triadic

  1. #c8a01f
  2. #1fc8a0
  3. #a01fc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a01f
  2. #47c81f
  3. #1f47c8
  4. #a01fc8

Square

  1. #c8a01f
  2. #1fc84b
  3. #1f47c8
  4. #c81f9b

Monochromatic

  1. #44360a
  2. #866b15
  3. #c8a01f
  4. #e4c150
  5. #eed892

Shades

#c8a01f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a01f
  2. #b4901c
  3. #a08019
  4. #8c7016
  5. #786013
  6. #645010
  7. #50400c
  8. #3c3009
  9. #282006
  10. #141003
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a01f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a01f
  2. #ceaa35
  3. #d3b34c
  4. #d9bd62
  5. #dec679
  6. #e4d08f
  7. #e9d9a5
  8. #efe3bc
  9. #f4ecd2
  10. #faf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a01f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a01f
  2. #c19d29
  3. #ba9a32
  4. #b2963c
  5. #ab9346
  6. #a49050
  7. #9d8d59
  8. #968a63
  9. #8e866d
  10. #878376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a384 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bda928 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d99189 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc9f09 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a625 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3976e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a01f {
  color: #c8a01f;
}
Background
.bg-c8a01f {
  background-color: #c8a01f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a01f {
  border: 2px solid #c8a01f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a01f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 160 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 73% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a01f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a01f, #9bc81f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a01f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 160 31 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.06 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.21 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.58 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.79 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.59 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.35 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.47 #375fe0 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#c8a01f  rgb(200, 160, 31)  hsl(46, 73%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#1f47c8  rgb(31, 71, 200)  hsl(226, 73%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#1fc8a0  rgb(31, 200, 160)  hsl(166, 73%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a01fc8  rgb(160, 31, 200)  hsl(286, 73%, 45%)  Dark Orchid