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#C8A95E

#c8a95e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8a95e 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 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 53% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 42.45°, with 49.07% saturation and 57.65% 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 9.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 5.46.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4146

Complementary

  1. #c8a95e
  2. #5e7dc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a95e
  2. #5eb2c8
  3. #745ec8

Analogous

  1. #c8745e
  2. #c8a95e
  3. #b2c85e

Triadic

  1. #c8a95e
  2. #5ec8a9
  3. #a95ec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a95e
  2. #7dc85e
  3. #5e7dc8
  4. #a95ec8

Square

  1. #c8a95e
  2. #5ec874
  3. #5e7dc8
  4. #c85eb2

Monochromatic

  1. #695524
  2. #a28337
  3. #c8a95e
  4. #dbc797
  5. #efe6d0

Shades

#c8a95e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a95e
  2. #b49855
  3. #a0874b
  4. #8c7642
  5. #786538
  6. #64552f
  7. #504426
  8. #3c331c
  9. #282213
  10. #141109
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a95e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a95e
  2. #ceb26e
  3. #d3ba7e
  4. #d9c38e
  5. #decb9e
  6. #e4d4af
  7. #e9ddbf
  8. #efe5cf
  9. #f4eedf
  10. #faf6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a95e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a95e
  2. #c1a561
  3. #baa165
  4. #b29d68
  5. #ab996c
  6. #a4956f
  7. #9d9072
  8. #968c76
  9. #8e8879
  10. #87847d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8ab93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a857 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0b061 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d69e97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa85a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3ad60 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1a284 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a95e {
  color: #c8a95e;
}
Background
.bg-c8a95e {
  background-color: #c8a95e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a95e {
  border: 2px solid #c8a95e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a95e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 49% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a95e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a95e, #b2c85e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a95e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 94 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.46 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.34 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.66 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.87 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.41 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.92 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.10 #3756a1 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c8a95e  rgb(200, 169, 94)  hsl(42, 49%, 58%)  Vegas Gold
#5e7dc8  rgb(94, 125, 200)  hsl(222, 49%, 58%)  Glaucous
#5ec8a9  rgb(94, 200, 169)  hsl(162, 49%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a95ec8  rgb(169, 94, 200)  hsl(282, 49%, 58%)  Medium Orchid