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#C8BA2B

#c8ba2b ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8ba2b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 72.94% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 78.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 54.65°, with 64.61% saturation and 47.65% 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 10.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.8.

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Relative luminance0.4757

Complementary

  1. #c8ba2b
  2. #2b39c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8ba2b
  2. #2b88c8
  3. #6c2bc8

Analogous

  1. #c86c2b
  2. #c8ba2b
  3. #88c82b

Triadic

  1. #c8ba2b
  2. #2bc8ba
  3. #ba2bc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8ba2b
  2. #39c82b
  3. #2b39c8
  4. #ba2bc8

Square

  1. #c8ba2b
  2. #2bc86c
  3. #2b39c8
  4. #c82b88

Monochromatic

  1. #4a4510
  2. #897f1d
  3. #c8ba2b
  4. #ddd262
  5. #ebe4a1

Shades

#c8ba2b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8ba2b
  2. #b4a727
  3. #a09522
  4. #8c821e
  5. #78701a
  6. #645d16
  7. #504a11
  8. #3c380d
  9. #282509
  10. #141304
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8ba2b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8ba2b
  2. #cec140
  3. #d3c855
  4. #d9cf6b
  5. #ded680
  6. #e4dd95
  7. #e9e3aa
  8. #efeabf
  9. #f4f1d5
  10. #faf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8ba2b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8ba2b
  2. #c1b434
  3. #baae3c
  4. #b2a945
  5. #aba34d
  6. #a49d56
  7. #9d975e
  8. #969167
  9. #8e8c6f
  10. #878678
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb894 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0ba37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8ada0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cab618 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdba32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1b281 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8ba2b {
  color: #c8ba2b;
}
Background
.bg-c8ba2b {
  background-color: #c8ba2b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8ba2b {
  border: 2px solid #c8ba2b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8ba2b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 186 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 65% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8ba2b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8ba2b, #88c82b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8ba2b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 186 43 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.80 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.97 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.63 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.88 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.03 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.68 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.76 #3745d4 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c8ba2b  rgb(200, 186, 43)  hsl(55, 65%, 48%)  Old Gold
#2b39c8  rgb(43, 57, 200)  hsl(235, 65%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#2bc8ba  rgb(43, 200, 186)  hsl(175, 65%, 48%)  Medium Turquoise
#ba2bc8  rgb(186, 43, 200)  hsl(295, 65%, 48%)  Dark Orchid