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#C8B613

#c8b613 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8b613 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 7.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 90.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 54.03°, with 82.65% saturation and 42.94% 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 10.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.58.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.4578

Complementary

  1. #c8b613
  2. #1325c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8b613
  2. #1380c8
  3. #5b13c8

Analogous

  1. #c85b13
  2. #c8b613
  3. #80c813

Triadic

  1. #c8b613
  2. #13c8b6
  3. #b613c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8b613
  2. #25c813
  3. #1325c8
  4. #b613c8

Square

  1. #c8b613
  2. #13c85b
  3. #1325c8
  4. #c81380

Monochromatic

  1. #3c3706
  2. #82760c
  3. #c8b613
  4. #ecdb3b
  5. #f3e881

Shades

#c8b613 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8b613
  2. #b4a411
  3. #a0920f
  4. #8c7f0d
  5. #786d0b
  6. #645b0a
  7. #504908
  8. #3c3706
  9. #282404
  10. #141202
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8b613 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8b613
  2. #cebd2b
  3. #d3c542
  4. #d9cc5a
  5. #ded371
  6. #e4db89
  7. #e9e2a1
  8. #efe9b8
  9. #f4f0d0
  10. #faf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8b613 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8b613
  2. #c1b11e
  3. #baab29
  4. #b2a634
  5. #aba03f
  6. #a49b4a
  7. #9d9654
  8. #96905f
  9. #8e8b6a
  10. #878575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb590 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb826 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8a89b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb720 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2ae7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8b613 {
  color: #c8b613;
}
Background
.bg-c8b613 {
  background-color: #c8b613;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8b613 {
  border: 2px solid #c8b613;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8b613;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 182 19;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 83% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8b613 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8b613, #80c813);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8b613 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 182 19 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.71 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.89 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.01 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.44 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.61 #3749ec Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c8b613  rgb(200, 182, 19)  hsl(54, 83%, 43%)  Old Gold
#1325c8  rgb(19, 37, 200)  hsl(234, 83%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#13c8b6  rgb(19, 200, 182)  hsl(174, 83%, 43%)  Tiffany Blue
#b613c8  rgb(182, 19, 200)  hsl(294, 83%, 43%)  Dark Orchid