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#C8A108

#c8a108 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#c8a108 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 63.14% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.5% magenta, 96% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 47.81°, with 92.31% saturation and 40.78% 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 8.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 4.28.

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Relative luminance0.3779

Complementary

  1. #c8a108
  2. #082fc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a108
  2. #088fc8
  3. #4108c8

Analogous

  1. #c84108
  2. #c8a108
  3. #8fc808

Triadic

  1. #c8a108
  2. #08c8a1
  3. #a108c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a108
  2. #2fc808
  3. #082fc8
  4. #a108c8

Square

  1. #c8a108
  2. #08c841
  3. #082fc8
  4. #c8088f

Monochromatic

  1. #352b02
  2. #7e6605
  3. #c8a108
  4. #f6cc26
  5. #f9dd70

Shades

#c8a108 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a108
  2. #b49107
  3. #a08106
  4. #8c7106
  5. #786105
  6. #645104
  7. #504003
  8. #3c3002
  9. #282002
  10. #141001
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a108 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a108
  2. #ceaa21
  3. #d3b439
  4. #d9bd52
  5. #dec76b
  6. #e4d084
  7. #e9d99c
  8. #efe3b5
  9. #f4ecce
  10. #faf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a108 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a108
  2. #c19e14
  3. #ba9a20
  4. #b2972c
  5. #ab9438
  6. #a49144
  7. #9d8d50
  8. #968a5c
  9. #8e8768
  10. #878374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a483 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b59f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfaa1b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d99289 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bda000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a615 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3986c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a108 {
  color: #c8a108;
}
Background
.bg-c8a108 {
  background-color: #c8a108;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a108 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a108;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a108;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 161 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 92% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a108 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a108, #8fc808);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a108 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 161 8 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.28 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.53 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.33 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.86 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.75 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.76 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.06 #375ef7 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a108  rgb(200, 161, 8)  hsl(48, 92%, 41%)  Metallic Gold
#082fc8  rgb(8, 47, 200)  hsl(228, 92%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#08c8a1  rgb(8, 200, 161)  hsl(168, 92%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#a108c8  rgb(161, 8, 200)  hsl(288, 92%, 41%)  Dark Violet