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#C8A943

#c8a943 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a943 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 26.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 66.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 46.02°, with 54.73% saturation and 52.35% 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 9.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.07.

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Relative luminance0.4106

Complementary

  1. #c8a943
  2. #4362c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a943
  2. #43a4c8
  3. #6743c8

Analogous

  1. #c86743
  2. #c8a943
  3. #a4c843

Triadic

  1. #c8a943
  2. #43c8a9
  3. #a943c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a943
  2. #62c843
  3. #4362c8
  4. #a943c8

Square

  1. #c8a943
  2. #43c867
  3. #4362c8
  4. #c843a4

Monochromatic

  1. #584a1a
  2. #937b2b
  3. #c8a943
  4. #d9c47e
  5. #ebdfb9

Shades

#c8a943 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a943
  2. #b4983c
  3. #a08736
  4. #8c762f
  5. #786528
  6. #645522
  7. #50441b
  8. #3c3314
  9. #28220d
  10. #141107
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a943 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a943
  2. #ceb256
  3. #d3ba69
  4. #d9c37b
  5. #decb8e
  6. #e4d4a1
  7. #e9ddb4
  8. #efe5c7
  9. #f4eed9
  10. #faf6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a943 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a943
  2. #c1a549
  3. #baa14f
  4. #b29d55
  5. #ab995b
  6. #a49562
  7. #9d9068
  8. #968c6e
  9. #8e8874
  10. #87847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8ab8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba637 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2af48 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d89c94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0a73c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5ad46 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2a17b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a943 {
  color: #c8a943;
}
Background
.bg-c8a943 {
  background-color: #c8a943;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a943 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a943;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a943;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 67;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 55% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a943 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a943, #a4c843);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a943 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 67 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.07 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.14 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.58 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.00 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.20 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.20 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.74 #3756bc Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a943  rgb(200, 169, 67)  hsl(46, 55%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#4362c8  rgb(67, 98, 200)  hsl(226, 55%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#43c8a9  rgb(67, 200, 169)  hsl(166, 55%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a943c8  rgb(169, 67, 200)  hsl(286, 55%, 52%)  Purpureus