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#C8B60A

#c8b60a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8b60a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 71.37% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 95% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 54.32°, with 90.48% saturation and 41.18% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.8.

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Relative luminance0.4576

Complementary

  1. #c8b60a
  2. #0a1cc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8b60a
  2. #0a7bc8
  3. #570ac8

Analogous

  1. #c8570a
  2. #c8b60a
  3. #7bc80a

Triadic

  1. #c8b60a
  2. #0ac8b6
  3. #b60ac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8b60a
  2. #1cc80a
  3. #0a1cc8
  4. #b60ac8

Square

  1. #c8b60a
  2. #0ac857
  3. #0a1cc8
  4. #c80a7b

Monochromatic

  1. #363103
  2. #7f7406
  3. #c8b60a
  4. #f4e12a
  5. #f8eb73

Shades

#c8b60a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8b60a
  2. #b4a409
  3. #a09208
  4. #8c7f07
  5. #786d06
  6. #645b05
  7. #504904
  8. #3c3703
  9. #282402
  10. #141201
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8b60a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8b60a
  2. #cebd23
  3. #d3c53b
  4. #d9cc54
  5. #ded36c
  6. #e4db85
  7. #e9e29d
  8. #efe9b6
  9. #f4f0ce
  10. #faf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8b60a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8b60a
  2. #c1b116
  3. #baab22
  4. #b2a62d
  5. #aba039
  6. #a49b45
  7. #9d9651
  8. #96905d
  9. #8e8b68
  10. #878574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb58f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb822 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8a89b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb71b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2ae7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8b60a {
  color: #c8b60a;
}
Background
.bg-c8b60a {
  background-color: #c8b60a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8b60a {
  border: 2px solid #c8b60a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8b60a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 182 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 90% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8b60a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8b60a, #7bc80a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8b60a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 182 10 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.42 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.83 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.98 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.22 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.53 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.57 #3749f5 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c8b60a  rgb(200, 182, 10)  hsl(54, 90%, 41%)  Old Gold
#0a1cc8  rgb(10, 28, 200)  hsl(234, 90%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#0ac8b6  rgb(10, 200, 182)  hsl(174, 90%, 41%)  Tiffany Blue
#b60ac8  rgb(182, 10, 200)  hsl(294, 90%, 41%)  Dark Orchid