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#C8A957

#c8a957 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8a957 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 34.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 56.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 43.54°, with 50.67% saturation and 56.27% 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 9.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 4.84.

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Relative luminance0.4134

Complementary

  1. #c8a957
  2. #5776c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a957
  2. #57aec8
  3. #7057c8

Analogous

  1. #c87057
  2. #c8a957
  3. #aec857

Triadic

  1. #c8a957
  2. #57c8a9
  3. #a957c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a957
  2. #76c857
  3. #5776c8
  4. #a957c8

Square

  1. #c8a957
  2. #57c870
  3. #5776c8
  4. #c857ae

Monochromatic

  1. #655221
  2. #9f8134
  3. #c8a957
  4. #dbc691
  5. #eee4ca

Shades

#c8a957 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a957
  2. #b4984e
  3. #a08746
  4. #8c763d
  5. #786534
  6. #64552c
  7. #504423
  8. #3c331a
  9. #282211
  10. #141109
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a957 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a957
  2. #ceb268
  3. #d3ba79
  4. #d9c389
  5. #decb9a
  6. #e4d4ab
  7. #e9ddbc
  8. #efe5cd
  9. #f4eedd
  10. #faf6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a957 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a957
  2. #c1a55b
  3. #baa15f
  4. #b29d63
  5. #ab9967
  6. #a4956c
  7. #9d9070
  8. #968c74
  9. #8e8878
  10. #87847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8ab92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a74f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1b05a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d79d96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa853 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4ad59 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1a282 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a957 {
  color: #c8a957;
}
Background
.bg-c8a957 {
  background-color: #c8a957;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a957 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a957;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a957;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 87;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 51% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a957 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a957, #aec857);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a957 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 87 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.26 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.07 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.34 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.38 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.42 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.52 #3756a8 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c8a957  rgb(200, 169, 87)  hsl(44, 51%, 56%)  Vegas Gold
#5776c8  rgb(87, 118, 200)  hsl(224, 51%, 56%)  Glaucous
#57c8a9  rgb(87, 200, 169)  hsl(164, 51%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a957c8  rgb(169, 87, 200)  hsl(284, 51%, 56%)  Medium Orchid