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#C8A95B

#c8a95b ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8a95b 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 35.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 54.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 42.94°, with 49.77% saturation and 57.06% 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 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 5.16.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4141

Complementary

  1. #c8a95b
  2. #5b7ac8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a95b
  2. #5bb0c8
  3. #735bc8

Analogous

  1. #c8735b
  2. #c8a95b
  3. #b0c85b

Triadic

  1. #c8a95b
  2. #5bc8a9
  3. #a95bc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a95b
  2. #7ac85b
  3. #5b7ac8
  4. #a95bc8

Square

  1. #c8a95b
  2. #5bc873
  3. #5b7ac8
  4. #c85bb0

Monochromatic

  1. #675423
  2. #a18236
  3. #c8a95b
  4. #dbc794
  5. #eee5ce

Shades

#c8a95b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a95b
  2. #b49852
  3. #a08749
  4. #8c7640
  5. #786537
  6. #64552e
  7. #504424
  8. #3c331b
  9. #282212
  10. #141109
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a95b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a95b
  2. #ceb26b
  3. #d3ba7c
  4. #d9c38c
  5. #decb9d
  6. #e4d4ad
  7. #e9ddbd
  8. #efe5ce
  9. #f4eede
  10. #faf6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a95b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a95b
  2. #c1a55f
  3. #baa162
  4. #b29d66
  5. #ab996a
  6. #a4956e
  7. #9d9071
  8. #968c75
  9. #8e8879
  10. #87847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8ab93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a754 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0b05e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d79d97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa857 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4ad5d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1a283 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a95b {
  color: #c8a95b;
}
Background
.bg-c8a95b {
  background-color: #c8a95b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a95b {
  border: 2px solid #c8a95b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a95b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 91;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 50% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a95b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a95b, #b0c85b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a95b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 91 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.16 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.86 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.50 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.94 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.02 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.77 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.83 #3756a4 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c8a95b  rgb(200, 169, 91)  hsl(43, 50%, 57%)  Vegas Gold
#5b7ac8  rgb(91, 122, 200)  hsl(223, 50%, 57%)  Glaucous
#5bc8a9  rgb(91, 200, 169)  hsl(163, 50%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a95bc8  rgb(169, 91, 200)  hsl(283, 50%, 57%)  Medium Orchid