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#C8A41F

#c8a41f ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a41f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 64.31% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 84.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 47.22°, 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 8.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3893

Complementary

  1. #c8a41f
  2. #1f43c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a41f
  2. #1f97c8
  3. #4f1fc8

Analogous

  1. #c84f1f
  2. #c8a41f
  3. #97c81f

Triadic

  1. #c8a41f
  2. #1fc8a4
  3. #a41fc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a41f
  2. #43c81f
  3. #1f43c8
  4. #a41fc8

Square

  1. #c8a41f
  2. #1fc84f
  3. #1f43c8
  4. #c81f97

Monochromatic

  1. #44370a
  2. #866e15
  3. #c8a41f
  4. #e4c450
  5. #eeda92

Shades

#c8a41f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a41f
  2. #b4941c
  3. #a08319
  4. #8c7316
  5. #786213
  6. #645210
  7. #50420c
  8. #3c3109
  9. #282106
  10. #141003
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a41f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a41f
  2. #cead35
  3. #d3b64c
  4. #d9bf62
  5. #dec879
  6. #e4d28f
  7. #e9dba5
  8. #efe4bc
  9. #f4edd2
  10. #faf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a41f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a41f
  2. #c1a029
  3. #ba9d32
  4. #b2993c
  5. #ab9646
  6. #a49250
  7. #9d8e59
  8. #968b63
  9. #8e876d
  10. #878476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5a686 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ac29 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9958c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bea307 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3a925 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d29b71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a41f {
  color: #c8a41f;
}
Background
.bg-c8a41f {
  background-color: #c8a41f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a41f {
  border: 2px solid #c8a41f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a41f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 164 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 73% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a41f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a41f, #97c81f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a41f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 164 31 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.32 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.84 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.16 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.33 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.69 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.45 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 9.48 #375be0 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a41f  rgb(200, 164, 31)  hsl(47, 73%, 45%)  Metallic Gold
#1f43c8  rgb(31, 67, 200)  hsl(227, 73%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#1fc8a4  rgb(31, 200, 164)  hsl(167, 73%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a41fc8  rgb(164, 31, 200)  hsl(287, 73%, 45%)  Dark Orchid