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#C8AE32

#c8ae32 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8ae32 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 68.24% green and 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 75% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 49.6°, with 60% saturation and 49.02% 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 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.92.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4278

Complementary

  1. #c8ae32
  2. #324cc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8ae32
  2. #3297c8
  3. #6332c8

Analogous

  1. #c86332
  2. #c8ae32
  3. #97c832

Triadic

  1. #c8ae32
  2. #32c8ae
  3. #ae32c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8ae32
  2. #4cc832
  3. #324cc8
  4. #ae32c8

Square

  1. #c8ae32
  2. #32c863
  3. #324cc8
  4. #c83297

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4413
  2. #8b7923
  3. #c8ae32
  4. #dac76c
  5. #eadea9

Shades

#c8ae32 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8ae32
  2. #b49d2d
  3. #a08b28
  4. #8c7a23
  5. #78681e
  6. #645719
  7. #504614
  8. #3c340f
  9. #28230a
  10. #141105
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8ae32 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8ae32
  2. #ceb647
  3. #d3be5b
  4. #d9c670
  5. #dece84
  6. #e4d799
  7. #e9dfad
  8. #efe7c2
  9. #f4efd6
  10. #faf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8ae32 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8ae32
  2. #c1a93a
  3. #baa542
  4. #b2a049
  5. #ab9c51
  6. #a49759
  7. #9d9261
  8. #968e69
  9. #8e8970
  10. #878578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9af8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa1b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b23a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8a096 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3ac26 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7b137 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2a67a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8ae32 {
  color: #c8ae32;
}
Background
.bg-c8ae32 {
  background-color: #c8ae32;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8ae32 {
  border: 2px solid #c8ae32;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8ae32;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 174 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 60% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8ae32 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8ae32, #97c832);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8ae32 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 174 50 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.27 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.66 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.90 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.43 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.57 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.84 #3751cd Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c8ae32  rgb(200, 174, 50)  hsl(50, 60%, 49%)  Old Gold
#324cc8  rgb(50, 76, 200)  hsl(230, 60%, 49%)  Sapphire
#32c8ae  rgb(50, 200, 174)  hsl(170, 60%, 49%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae32c8  rgb(174, 50, 200)  hsl(290, 60%, 49%)  Dark Orchid