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#C8A922

#c8a922 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a922 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 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 83% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 48.8°, with 70.94% saturation and 45.88% 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.96.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4077

Complementary

  1. #c8a922
  2. #2241c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a922
  2. #2294c8
  3. #5622c8

Analogous

  1. #c85622
  2. #c8a922
  3. #94c822

Triadic

  1. #c8a922
  2. #22c8a9
  3. #a922c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a922
  2. #41c822
  3. #2241c8
  4. #a922c8

Square

  1. #c8a922
  2. #22c856
  3. #2241c8
  4. #c82294

Monochromatic

  1. #453a0c
  2. #877217
  3. #c8a922
  4. #e2c854
  5. #eddd96

Shades

#c8a922 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a922
  2. #b4981f
  3. #a0871b
  4. #8c7618
  5. #786514
  6. #645511
  7. #50440e
  8. #3c330a
  9. #282207
  10. #141103
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a922 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a922
  2. #ceb238
  3. #d3ba4e
  4. #d9c364
  5. #decb7a
  6. #e4d491
  7. #e9dda7
  8. #efe5bd
  9. #f4eed3
  10. #faf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a922 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a922
  2. #c1a52b
  3. #baa135
  4. #b29d3e
  5. #ab9948
  6. #a49551
  7. #9d905a
  8. #968c64
  9. #8e886d
  10. #878477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7aa89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4af2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d99b91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a70c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5ad29 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2a174 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a922 {
  color: #c8a922;
}
Background
.bg-c8a922 {
  background-color: #c8a922;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a922 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a922;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a922;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 71% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a922 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a922, #94c822);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a922 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 34 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.96 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.53 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.85 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.18 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.22 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.34 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.92 #3756dd Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a922  rgb(200, 169, 34)  hsl(49, 71%, 46%)  Metallic Gold
#2241c8  rgb(34, 65, 200)  hsl(229, 71%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#22c8a9  rgb(34, 200, 169)  hsl(169, 71%, 46%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a922c8  rgb(169, 34, 200)  hsl(289, 71%, 46%)  Dark Orchid