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#C8A948

#c8a948 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a948 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 28.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 64% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 45.47°, with 53.78% saturation and 53.33% 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 9.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.48.

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Relative luminance0.4112

Complementary

  1. #c8a948
  2. #4867c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a948
  2. #48a7c8
  3. #6948c8

Analogous

  1. #c86948
  2. #c8a948
  3. #a7c848

Triadic

  1. #c8a948
  2. #48c8a9
  3. #a948c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a948
  2. #67c848
  3. #4867c8
  4. #a948c8

Square

  1. #c8a948
  2. #48c869
  3. #4867c8
  4. #c848a7

Monochromatic

  1. #5b4c1b
  2. #967d2d
  3. #c8a948
  4. #dac583
  5. #ebe0be

Shades

#c8a948 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a948
  2. #b49841
  3. #a0873a
  4. #8c7632
  5. #78652b
  6. #645524
  7. #50441d
  8. #3c3316
  9. #28220e
  10. #141107
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a948 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a948
  2. #ceb25a
  3. #d3ba6d
  4. #d9c37f
  5. #decb91
  6. #e4d4a4
  7. #e9ddb6
  8. #efe5c8
  9. #f4eeda
  10. #faf6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a948 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a948
  2. #c1a54e
  3. #baa153
  4. #b29d59
  5. #ab995e
  6. #a49564
  7. #9d906a
  8. #968c6f
  9. #8e8875
  10. #87847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8ab8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa73d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2b04c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d89c94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0a842 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4ad4b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1a27d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a948 {
  color: #c8a948;
}
Background
.bg-c8a948 {
  background-color: #c8a948;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a948 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a948;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a948;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 72;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 54% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a948 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a948, #a7c848);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a948 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 72 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.48 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.46 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.56 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.10 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.38 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.39 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.50 #3756b7 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a948  rgb(200, 169, 72)  hsl(45, 54%, 53%)  Metallic Gold
#4867c8  rgb(72, 103, 200)  hsl(225, 54%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#48c8a9  rgb(72, 200, 169)  hsl(165, 54%, 53%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a948c8  rgb(169, 72, 200)  hsl(285, 54%, 53%)  Purpureus