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#c8ac2f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8ac2f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 67.45% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 76.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 49.02°, with 61.94% saturation and 48.43% 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 9.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.46.

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Relative luminance0.4199

Complementary

  1. #c8ac2f
  2. #2f4bc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8ac2f
  2. #2f97c8
  3. #5f2fc8

Analogous

  1. #c85f2f
  2. #c8ac2f
  3. #97c82f

Triadic

  1. #c8ac2f
  2. #2fc8ac
  3. #ac2fc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8ac2f
  2. #4bc82f
  3. #2f4bc8
  4. #ac2fc8

Square

  1. #c8ac2f
  2. #2fc85f
  3. #2f4bc8
  4. #c82f97

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4112
  2. #8a7720
  3. #c8ac2f
  4. #dcc668
  5. #eadea6

Shades

#c8ac2f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8ac2f
  2. #b49b2a
  3. #a08a26
  4. #8c7821
  5. #78671c
  6. #645618
  7. #504513
  8. #3c340e
  9. #282209
  10. #141105
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8ac2f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8ac2f
  2. #ceb444
  3. #d3bd59
  4. #d9c56d
  5. #decd82
  6. #e4d697
  7. #e9deac
  8. #efe6c1
  9. #f4eed5
  10. #faf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8ac2f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8ac2f
  2. #c1a837
  3. #baa33f
  4. #b29f47
  5. #ab9a4f
  6. #a49658
  7. #9d9260
  8. #968d68
  9. #8e8970
  10. #878478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9ad8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea816 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b137 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d89e94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2aa22 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6af34 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2a478 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8ac2f {
  color: #c8ac2f;
}
Background
.bg-c8ac2f {
  background-color: #c8ac2f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8ac2f {
  border: 2px solid #c8ac2f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8ac2f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 172 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 62% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8ac2f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8ac2f, #97c82f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8ac2f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 172 47 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.46 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.92 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.08 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.11 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.23 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.95 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 8.85 #3753d0 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c8ac2f  rgb(200, 172, 47)  hsl(49, 62%, 48%)  Old Gold
#2f4bc8  rgb(47, 75, 200)  hsl(229, 62%, 48%)  Sapphire
#2fc8ac  rgb(47, 200, 172)  hsl(169, 62%, 48%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ac2fc8  rgb(172, 47, 200)  hsl(289, 62%, 48%)  Dark Orchid