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#C8A50D

#c8a50d ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a50d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 64.71% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.5% magenta, 93.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 48.77°, with 87.79% saturation and 41.76% 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 8.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3922

Complementary

  1. #c8a50d
  2. #0d30c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a50d
  2. #0d8dc8
  3. #470dc8

Analogous

  1. #c8470d
  2. #c8a50d
  3. #8dc80d

Triadic

  1. #c8a50d
  2. #0dc8a5
  3. #a50dc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a50d
  2. #30c80d
  3. #0d30c8
  4. #a50dc8

Square

  1. #c8a50d
  2. #0dc847
  3. #0d30c8
  4. #c80d8d

Monochromatic

  1. #382e04
  2. #806a08
  3. #c8a50d
  4. #f2cd30
  5. #f6df78

Shades

#c8a50d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a50d
  2. #b4950c
  3. #a0840a
  4. #8c7409
  5. #786308
  6. #645307
  7. #504205
  8. #3c3204
  9. #282103
  10. #141101
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a50d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a50d
  2. #ceae25
  3. #d3b73d
  4. #d9c056
  5. #dec96e
  6. #e4d286
  7. #e9db9e
  8. #efe4b6
  9. #f4edcf
  10. #faf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a50d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a50d
  2. #c1a119
  3. #ba9e24
  4. #b29a30
  5. #ab963b
  6. #a49347
  7. #9d8f52
  8. #968b5e
  9. #8e8769
  10. #878475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6a786 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1ac1e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9968c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4aa19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d39c6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a50d {
  color: #c8a50d;
}
Background
.bg-c8a50d {
  background-color: #c8a50d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a50d {
  border: 2px solid #c8a50d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a50d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 165 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 88% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a50d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a50d, #8dc80d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a50d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 165 13 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.62 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.03 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.37 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.51 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.95 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.81 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 9.30 #375af2 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a50d  rgb(200, 165, 13)  hsl(49, 88%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#0d30c8  rgb(13, 48, 200)  hsl(229, 88%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0dc8a5  rgb(13, 200, 165)  hsl(169, 88%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#a50dc8  rgb(165, 13, 200)  hsl(289, 88%, 42%)  Dark Orchid