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#c8ab2d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8ab2d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 67.06% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.5% magenta, 77.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 48.77°, with 63.27% saturation and 48.04% 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 9.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.77.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4159

Complementary

  1. #c8ab2d
  2. #2d4ac8

Split complementary

  1. #c8ab2d
  2. #2d98c8
  3. #5d2dc8

Analogous

  1. #c85d2d
  2. #c8ab2d
  3. #98c82d

Triadic

  1. #c8ab2d
  2. #2dc8ab
  3. #ab2dc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8ab2d
  2. #4ac82d
  3. #2d4ac8
  4. #ab2dc8

Square

  1. #c8ab2d
  2. #2dc85d
  3. #2d4ac8
  4. #c82d98

Monochromatic

  1. #4b4011
  2. #8a761f
  3. #c8ab2d
  4. #dcc665
  5. #eadda4

Shades

#c8ab2d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8ab2d
  2. #b49a29
  3. #a08924
  4. #8c7820
  5. #78671b
  6. #645617
  7. #504412
  8. #3c330e
  9. #282209
  10. #141105
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8ab2d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8ab2d
  2. #ceb342
  3. #d3bc57
  4. #d9c46c
  5. #decd81
  6. #e4d596
  7. #e9ddab
  8. #efe6c0
  9. #f4eed5
  10. #faf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8ab2d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8ab2d
  2. #c1a735
  3. #baa23e
  4. #b29e46
  5. #ab9a4e
  6. #a49657
  7. #9d915f
  8. #968d67
  9. #8e896f
  10. #878478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8ac8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda711 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b035 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d89d93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2a91f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6ae32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2a377 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8ab2d {
  color: #c8ab2d;
}
Background
.bg-c8ab2d {
  background-color: #c8ab2d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8ab2d {
  border: 2px solid #c8ab2d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8ab2d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 171 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 63% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8ab2d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8ab2d, #98c82d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8ab2d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 171 45 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.77 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.81 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.23 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.39 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.17 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.65 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.87 #3754d2 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c8ab2d  rgb(200, 171, 45)  hsl(49, 63%, 48%)  Old Gold
#2d4ac8  rgb(45, 74, 200)  hsl(229, 63%, 48%)  Sapphire
#2dc8ab  rgb(45, 200, 171)  hsl(169, 63%, 48%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ab2dc8  rgb(171, 45, 200)  hsl(289, 63%, 48%)  Dark Orchid