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#C8A047

#c8a047 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a047 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 27.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 64.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 41.4°, with 53.97% saturation and 53.14% 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 8.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 5.51.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3788

Complementary

  1. #c8a047
  2. #476fc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a047
  2. #47afc8
  3. #6047c8

Analogous

  1. #c86047
  2. #c8a047
  3. #afc847

Triadic

  1. #c8a047
  2. #47c8a0
  3. #a047c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a047
  2. #6fc847
  3. #476fc8
  4. #a047c8

Square

  1. #c8a047
  2. #47c860
  3. #476fc8
  4. #c847af

Monochromatic

  1. #5b471b
  2. #96752d
  3. #c8a047
  4. #dabe82
  5. #ebddbd

Shades

#c8a047 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a047
  2. #b49040
  3. #a08039
  4. #8c7032
  5. #78602b
  6. #645024
  7. #50401c
  8. #3c3015
  9. #28200e
  10. #141007
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a047 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a047
  2. #ceaa59
  3. #d3b36c
  4. #d9bd7e
  5. #dec691
  6. #e4d0a3
  7. #e9d9b5
  8. #efe3c8
  9. #f4ecda
  10. #faf6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a047 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a047
  2. #c19d4d
  3. #ba9a52
  4. #b29658
  5. #ab935e
  6. #a49064
  7. #9d8d69
  8. #968a6f
  9. #8e8675
  10. #87837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a38a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29f3d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcaa4a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8938d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bba041 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1a649 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d29877 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a047 {
  color: #c8a047;
}
Background
.bg-c8a047 {
  background-color: #c8a047;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a047 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a047;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a047;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 160 71;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 54% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a047 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a047, #afc847);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a047 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 160 71 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.51 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.83 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.93 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.76 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.94 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.95 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.16 #375fb8 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#c8a047  rgb(200, 160, 71)  hsl(41, 54%, 53%)  Goldenrod
#476fc8  rgb(71, 111, 200)  hsl(221, 54%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#47c8a0  rgb(71, 200, 160)  hsl(161, 54%, 53%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a047c8  rgb(160, 71, 200)  hsl(281, 54%, 53%)  Dark Orchid