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#C8A954

#c8a954 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8a954 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 66.27% green and 32.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 58% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 43.97°, with 51.33% saturation and 55.69% 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 9.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 4.66.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.413

Complementary

  1. #c8a954
  2. #5473c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a954
  2. #54adc8
  3. #6f54c8

Analogous

  1. #c86f54
  2. #c8a954
  3. #adc854

Triadic

  1. #c8a954
  2. #54c8a9
  3. #a954c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a954
  2. #73c854
  3. #5473c8
  4. #a954c8

Square

  1. #c8a954
  2. #54c86f
  3. #5473c8
  4. #c854ad

Monochromatic

  1. #635120
  2. #9d8132
  3. #c8a954
  4. #dbc68e
  5. #ede3c8

Shades

#c8a954 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a954
  2. #b4984c
  3. #a08743
  4. #8c763b
  5. #786532
  6. #64552a
  7. #504422
  8. #3c3319
  9. #282211
  10. #141108
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a954 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a954
  2. #ceb265
  3. #d3ba76
  4. #d9c387
  5. #decb98
  6. #e4d4aa
  7. #e9ddbb
  8. #efe5cc
  9. #f4eedd
  10. #faf6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a954 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a954
  2. #c1a558
  3. #baa15d
  4. #b29d61
  5. #ab9966
  6. #a4956a
  7. #9d906e
  8. #968c73
  9. #8e8877
  10. #87847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8ab91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a74c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1b057 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d79d96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa84f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4ad56 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1a281 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a954 {
  color: #c8a954;
}
Background
.bg-c8a954 {
  background-color: #c8a954;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a954 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a954;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a954;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 84;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 51% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a954 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a954, #adc854);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a954 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 84 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.85 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.79 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.93 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.13 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.16 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.89 #3756ab Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c8a954  rgb(200, 169, 84)  hsl(44, 51%, 56%)  Vegas Gold
#5473c8  rgb(84, 115, 200)  hsl(224, 51%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#54c8a9  rgb(84, 200, 169)  hsl(164, 51%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a954c8  rgb(169, 84, 200)  hsl(284, 51%, 56%)  Medium Orchid