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#C8A42E

#c8a42e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a42e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 77% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 45.97°, with 62.6% saturation and 48.24% 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 8.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.14.

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Relative luminance0.3903

Complementary

  1. #c8a42e
  2. #2e52c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a42e
  2. #2e9fc8
  3. #572ec8

Analogous

  1. #c8572e
  2. #c8a42e
  3. #9fc82e

Triadic

  1. #c8a42e
  2. #2ec8a4
  3. #a42ec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a42e
  2. #52c82e
  3. #2e52c8
  4. #a42ec8

Square

  1. #c8a42e
  2. #2ec857
  3. #2e52c8
  4. #c82e9f

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3e11
  2. #8a7120
  3. #c8a42e
  4. #dcc067
  5. #eadaa5

Shades

#c8a42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a42e
  2. #b49429
  3. #a08325
  4. #8c7320
  5. #78621c
  6. #645217
  7. #504212
  8. #3c310e
  9. #282109
  10. #141005
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a42e
  2. #cead43
  3. #d3b658
  4. #d9bf6d
  5. #dec882
  6. #e4d297
  7. #e9dbab
  8. #efe4c0
  9. #f4edd5
  10. #faf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a42e
  2. #c1a036
  3. #ba9d3e
  4. #b29947
  5. #ab964f
  6. #a49257
  7. #9d8e5f
  8. #968b67
  9. #8e8770
  10. #878478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6a688 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a217 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ac35 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9968d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bea322 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3a932 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d29c73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a42e {
  color: #c8a42e;
}
Background
.bg-c8a42e {
  background-color: #c8a42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a42e {
  border: 2px solid #c8a42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 63% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a42e, #9fc82e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.14 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.71 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.20 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.21 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.31 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.86 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.54 #375bd1 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a42e  rgb(200, 164, 46)  hsl(46, 63%, 48%)  Metallic Gold
#2e52c8  rgb(46, 82, 200)  hsl(226, 63%, 48%)  Sapphire
#2ec8a4  rgb(46, 200, 164)  hsl(166, 63%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#a42ec8  rgb(164, 46, 200)  hsl(286, 63%, 48%)  Dark Orchid