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#C8A93C

#c8a93c ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a93c 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 23.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 70% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 46.71°, with 56% saturation and 50.98% 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 9.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.69.

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Relative luminance0.4098

Complementary

  1. #c8a93c
  2. #3c5bc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a93c
  2. #3ca1c8
  3. #633cc8

Analogous

  1. #c8633c
  2. #c8a93c
  3. #a1c83c

Triadic

  1. #c8a93c
  2. #3cc8a9
  3. #a93cc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a93c
  2. #5bc83c
  3. #3c5bc8
  4. #a93cc8

Square

  1. #c8a93c
  2. #3cc863
  3. #3c5bc8
  4. #c83ca1

Monochromatic

  1. #534618
  2. #8f7828
  3. #c8a93c
  4. #d9c378
  5. #eadeb3

Shades

#c8a93c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a93c
  2. #b49836
  3. #a08730
  4. #8c762a
  5. #786524
  6. #64551e
  7. #504418
  8. #3c3312
  9. #28220c
  10. #141106
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a93c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a93c
  2. #ceb250
  3. #d3ba63
  4. #d9c377
  5. #decb8a
  6. #e4d49e
  7. #e9ddb1
  8. #efe5c5
  9. #f4eed8
  10. #faf6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a93c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a93c
  2. #c1a543
  3. #baa14a
  4. #b29d50
  5. #ab9957
  6. #a4955e
  7. #9d9065
  8. #968c6c
  9. #8e8872
  10. #878479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8aa8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba62d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3af42 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d89c93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0a734 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5ad3f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2a179 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a93c {
  color: #c8a93c;
}
Background
.bg-c8a93c {
  background-color: #c8a93c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a93c {
  border: 2px solid #c8a93c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a93c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 60;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 56% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a93c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a93c, #a1c83c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a93c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 60 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.69 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.71 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.88 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.01 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.05 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.05 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.13 #3756c3 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a93c  rgb(200, 169, 60)  hsl(47, 56%, 51%)  Metallic Gold
#3c5bc8  rgb(60, 91, 200)  hsl(227, 56%, 51%)  Sapphire
#3cc8a9  rgb(60, 200, 169)  hsl(167, 56%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a93cc8  rgb(169, 60, 200)  hsl(287, 56%, 51%)  Dark Orchid