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#C8A80A

#c8a80a ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a80a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 65.88% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 95% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 49.89°, with 90.48% saturation and 41.18% 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 9.06:1 (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 luminance0.4031

Complementary

  1. #c8a80a
  2. #0a2ac8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a80a
  2. #0a89c8
  3. #490ac8

Analogous

  1. #c8490a
  2. #c8a80a
  3. #89c80a

Triadic

  1. #c8a80a
  2. #0ac8a8
  3. #a80ac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a80a
  2. #2ac80a
  3. #0a2ac8
  4. #a80ac8

Square

  1. #c8a80a
  2. #0ac849
  3. #0a2ac8
  4. #c80a89

Monochromatic

  1. #362e03
  2. #7f6b06
  3. #c8a80a
  4. #f4d22a
  5. #f8e273

Shades

#c8a80a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a80a
  2. #b49709
  3. #a08608
  4. #8c7607
  5. #786506
  6. #645405
  7. #504304
  8. #3c3203
  9. #282202
  10. #141101
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a80a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a80a
  2. #ceb123
  3. #d3b93b
  4. #d9c254
  5. #decb6c
  6. #e4d485
  7. #e9dc9d
  8. #efe5b6
  9. #f4eece
  10. #faf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a80a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a80a
  2. #c1a416
  3. #baa022
  4. #b29c2d
  5. #ab9839
  6. #a49445
  7. #9d9051
  8. #968c5d
  9. #8e8868
  10. #878474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7a987 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3ae1e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9998f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5ac18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d29f71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a80a {
  color: #c8a80a;
}
Background
.bg-c8a80a {
  background-color: #c8a80a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a80a {
  border: 2px solid #c8a80a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a80a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 168 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 90% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a80a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a80a, #89c80a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a80a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 168 10 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.62 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.25 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.23 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.55 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.65 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.38 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 9.00 #3757f5 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a80a  rgb(200, 168, 10)  hsl(50, 90%, 41%)  Metallic Gold
#0a2ac8  rgb(10, 42, 200)  hsl(230, 90%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#0ac8a8  rgb(10, 200, 168)  hsl(170, 90%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#a80ac8  rgb(168, 10, 200)  hsl(290, 90%, 41%)  Dark Orchid