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#C8A90C

#c8a90c ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a90c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 66.27% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 94% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 50.11°, with 88.68% saturation and 41.57% 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 9.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.64.

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Relative luminance0.4068

Complementary

  1. #c8a90c
  2. #0c2bc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a90c
  2. #0c89c8
  3. #4b0cc8

Analogous

  1. #c84b0c
  2. #c8a90c
  3. #89c80c

Triadic

  1. #c8a90c
  2. #0cc8a9
  3. #a90cc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a90c
  2. #2bc80c
  3. #0c2bc8
  4. #a90cc8

Square

  1. #c8a90c
  2. #0cc84b
  3. #0c2bc8
  4. #c80c89

Monochromatic

  1. #382f03
  2. #806c08
  3. #c8a90c
  4. #f2d22e
  5. #f7e276

Shades

#c8a90c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a90c
  2. #b4980b
  3. #a0870a
  4. #8c7608
  5. #786507
  6. #645506
  7. #504405
  8. #3c3304
  9. #282202
  10. #141101
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a90c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a90c
  2. #ceb224
  3. #d3ba3d
  4. #d9c355
  5. #decb6d
  6. #e4d486
  7. #e9dd9e
  8. #efe5b6
  9. #f4eece
  10. #faf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a90c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a90c
  2. #c1a518
  3. #baa123
  4. #b29d2f
  5. #ab993a
  6. #a49546
  7. #9d9052
  8. #968c5d
  9. #8e8869
  10. #878474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7aa88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4af1f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d99a90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6ad19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2a072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a90c {
  color: #c8a90c;
}
Background
.bg-c8a90c {
  background-color: #c8a90c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a90c {
  border: 2px solid #c8a90c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a90c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 89% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a90c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a90c, #89c80c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a90c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 12 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.64 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.99 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.50 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.53 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.57 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.92 #3756f3 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a90c  rgb(200, 169, 12)  hsl(50, 89%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#0c2bc8  rgb(12, 43, 200)  hsl(230, 89%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0cc8a9  rgb(12, 200, 169)  hsl(170, 89%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#a90cc8  rgb(169, 12, 200)  hsl(290, 89%, 42%)  Dark Orchid