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#C8A92C

#c8a92c ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a92c 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 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 78% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 48.08°, with 63.93% saturation and 47.84% 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 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.65.

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Relative luminance0.4084

Complementary

  1. #c8a92c
  2. #2c4bc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a92c
  2. #2c99c8
  3. #5b2cc8

Analogous

  1. #c85b2c
  2. #c8a92c
  3. #99c82c

Triadic

  1. #c8a92c
  2. #2cc8a9
  3. #a92cc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a92c
  2. #4bc82c
  3. #2c4bc8
  4. #a92cc8

Square

  1. #c8a92c
  2. #2cc85b
  3. #2c4bc8
  4. #c82c99

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3f10
  2. #89741e
  3. #c8a92c
  4. #ddc564
  5. #ebdca2

Shades

#c8a92c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a92c
  2. #b49828
  3. #a08723
  4. #8c761f
  5. #78651a
  6. #645516
  7. #504412
  8. #3c330d
  9. #282209
  10. #141104
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a92c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a92c
  2. #ceb241
  3. #d3ba56
  4. #d9c36b
  5. #decb80
  6. #e4d496
  7. #e9ddab
  8. #efe5c0
  9. #f4eed5
  10. #faf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a92c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a92c
  2. #c1a534
  3. #baa13d
  4. #b29d45
  5. #ab994e
  6. #a49556
  7. #9d905e
  8. #968c67
  9. #8e886f
  10. #878478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7aa8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca610 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3af34 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d89b91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a71e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5ad31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2a176 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a92c {
  color: #c8a92c;
}
Background
.bg-c8a92c {
  background-color: #c8a92c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a92c {
  border: 2px solid #c8a92c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a92c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 64% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a92c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a92c, #99c82c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a92c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 44 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.65 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.40 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.46 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.79 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.05 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.07 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 9.00 #3756d3 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a92c  rgb(200, 169, 44)  hsl(48, 64%, 48%)  Metallic Gold
#2c4bc8  rgb(44, 75, 200)  hsl(228, 64%, 48%)  Sapphire
#2cc8a9  rgb(44, 200, 169)  hsl(168, 64%, 48%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a92cc8  rgb(169, 44, 200)  hsl(288, 64%, 48%)  Dark Orchid