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#C8B41F

#c8b41f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8b41f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 70.59% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 84.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 52.9°, with 73.16% saturation and 45.29% 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 10:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.77.

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Relative luminance0.4502

Complementary

  1. #c8b41f
  2. #1f33c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8b41f
  2. #1f87c8
  3. #5f1fc8

Analogous

  1. #c85f1f
  2. #c8b41f
  3. #87c81f

Triadic

  1. #c8b41f
  2. #1fc8b4
  3. #b41fc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8b41f
  2. #33c81f
  3. #1f33c8
  4. #b41fc8

Square

  1. #c8b41f
  2. #1fc85f
  3. #1f33c8
  4. #c81f87

Monochromatic

  1. #443d0a
  2. #867815
  3. #c8b41f
  4. #e4d250
  5. #eee392

Shades

#c8b41f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8b41f
  2. #b4a21c
  3. #a09019
  4. #8c7e16
  5. #786c13
  6. #645a10
  7. #50480c
  8. #3c3609
  9. #282406
  10. #141203
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8b41f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8b41f
  2. #cebc35
  3. #d3c34c
  4. #d9cb62
  5. #ded279
  6. #e4da8f
  7. #e9e1a5
  8. #efe9bc
  9. #f4f0d2
  10. #faf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8b41f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8b41f
  2. #c1af29
  3. #baaa32
  4. #b2a43c
  5. #ab9f46
  6. #a49a50
  7. #9d9559
  8. #969063
  9. #8e8a6d
  10. #878576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb38f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb62d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8a69a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7b100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cab528 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2ac7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8b41f {
  color: #c8b41f;
}
Background
.bg-c8b41f {
  background-color: #c8b41f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8b41f {
  border: 2px solid #c8b41f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8b41f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 180 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 73% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8b41f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8b41f, #87c81f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8b41f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 180 31 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.77 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.45 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.99 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.29 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.51 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.83 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.70 #374be0 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c8b41f  rgb(200, 180, 31)  hsl(53, 73%, 45%)  Old Gold
#1f33c8  rgb(31, 51, 200)  hsl(233, 73%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#1fc8b4  rgb(31, 200, 180)  hsl(173, 73%, 45%)  Tiffany Blue
#b41fc8  rgb(180, 31, 200)  hsl(293, 73%, 45%)  Dark Orchid