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#C8BF75

#c8bf75 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8bf75 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 74.9% green and 45.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.5% magenta, 41.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 53.49°, with 43.01% saturation and 62.16% 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 11.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 2.5.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5083

Complementary

  1. #c8bf75
  2. #757ec8

Split complementary

  1. #c8bf75
  2. #75a8c8
  3. #9675c8

Analogous

  1. #c89675
  2. #c8bf75
  3. #a8c875

Triadic

  1. #c8bf75
  2. #75c8bf
  3. #bf75c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bf75
  2. #7ec875
  3. #757ec8
  4. #bf75c8

Square

  1. #c8bf75
  2. #75c896
  3. #757ec8
  4. #c875a8

Monochromatic

  1. #756e2f
  2. #aca145
  3. #c8bf75
  4. #ded8ac
  5. #f4f2e2

Shades

#c8bf75 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bf75
  2. #b4ac69
  3. #a0995e
  4. #8c8652
  5. #787346
  6. #64603b
  7. #504c2f
  8. #3c3923
  9. #282617
  10. #14130c
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bf75 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bf75
  2. #cec583
  3. #d3cc91
  4. #d9d29e
  5. #ded9ac
  6. #e4dfba
  7. #e9e5c8
  8. #efecd6
  9. #f4f2e3
  10. #faf9f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bf75 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bf75
  2. #c1b976
  3. #bab277
  4. #b2ac78
  5. #aba679
  6. #a4a07b
  7. #9d997c
  8. #96937d
  9. #8e8d7e
  10. #87867f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1bea5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbba6f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cebf78 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d3b6ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cabc72 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccbf77 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cfb99a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bf75 {
  color: #c8bf75;
}
Background
.bg-c8bf75 {
  background-color: #c8bf75;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bf75 {
  border: 2px solid #c8bf75;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bf75;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 191 117;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 43% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bf75 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bf75, #a8c875);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bf75 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 191 117 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 2.50 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.90 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.23 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.32 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.83 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 8.07 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.27 #37408a Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#c8bf75  rgb(200, 191, 117)  hsl(53, 43%, 62%)  Dark Khaki
#757ec8  rgb(117, 126, 200)  hsl(233, 43%, 62%)  Glaucous
#75c8bf  rgb(117, 200, 191)  hsl(173, 43%, 62%)  Medium Turquoise
#bf75c8  rgb(191, 117, 200)  hsl(293, 43%, 62%)  Orchid