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#C8A60F

#c8a60f ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a60f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 65.1% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 92.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 48.97°, with 86.05% saturation and 42.16% 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 8.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.52.

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Relative luminance0.3959

Complementary

  1. #c8a60f
  2. #0f31c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a60f
  2. #0f8ec8
  3. #490fc8

Analogous

  1. #c8490f
  2. #c8a60f
  3. #8ec80f

Triadic

  1. #c8a60f
  2. #0fc8a6
  3. #a60fc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a60f
  2. #31c80f
  3. #0f31c8
  4. #a60fc8

Square

  1. #c8a60f
  2. #0fc849
  3. #0f31c8
  4. #c80f8e

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3004
  2. #816b0a
  3. #c8a60f
  4. #f0cd34
  5. #f5df7b

Shades

#c8a60f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a60f
  2. #b4950e
  3. #a0850c
  4. #8c740b
  5. #786409
  6. #645308
  7. #504206
  8. #3c3205
  9. #282103
  10. #141102
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a60f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a60f
  2. #ceaf27
  3. #d3b83f
  4. #d9c157
  5. #deca6f
  6. #e4d387
  7. #e9db9f
  8. #efe4b7
  9. #f4edcf
  10. #faf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a60f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a60f
  2. #c1a21a
  3. #ba9e26
  4. #b29b31
  5. #ab973c
  6. #a49348
  7. #9d8f53
  8. #968b5e
  9. #8e8869
  10. #878475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6a886 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2ad20 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9978d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4aa1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d39d70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a60f {
  color: #c8a60f;
}
Background
.bg-c8a60f {
  background-color: #c8a60f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a60f {
  border: 2px solid #c8a60f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a60f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 166 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 86% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a60f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a60f, #8ec80f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a60f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 166 15 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.52 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.72 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.61 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.47 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.77 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.58 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 9.18 #3759f0 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a60f  rgb(200, 166, 15)  hsl(49, 86%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#0f31c8  rgb(15, 49, 200)  hsl(229, 86%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0fc8a6  rgb(15, 200, 166)  hsl(169, 86%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#a60fc8  rgb(166, 15, 200)  hsl(289, 86%, 42%)  Dark Orchid