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#C8A00A

#c8a00a ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 95% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 47.37°, 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 8.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.34.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3744

Complementary

  1. #c8a00a
  2. #0a32c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a00a
  2. #0a91c8
  3. #410ac8

Analogous

  1. #c8410a
  2. #c8a00a
  3. #91c80a

Triadic

  1. #c8a00a
  2. #0ac8a0
  3. #a00ac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a00a
  2. #32c80a
  3. #0a32c8
  4. #a00ac8

Square

  1. #c8a00a
  2. #0ac841
  3. #0a32c8
  4. #c80a91

Monochromatic

  1. #362b03
  2. #7f6606
  3. #c8a00a
  4. #f4ca2a
  5. #f8dc73

Shades

#c8a00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a00a
  2. #b49009
  3. #a08008
  4. #8c7007
  5. #786006
  6. #645005
  7. #504004
  8. #3c3003
  9. #282002
  10. #141001
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a00a
  2. #ceaa23
  3. #d3b33b
  4. #d9bd54
  5. #dec66c
  6. #e4d085
  7. #e9d99d
  8. #efe3b6
  9. #f4ecce
  10. #faf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a00a
  2. #c19d16
  3. #ba9a22
  4. #b2962d
  5. #ab9339
  6. #a49045
  7. #9d8d51
  8. #968a5d
  9. #8e8668
  10. #878374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a383 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bea91b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #da9188 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc9f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a616 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3976c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a00a {
  color: #c8a00a;
}
Background
.bg-c8a00a {
  background-color: #c8a00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a00a {
  border: 2px solid #c8a00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 90% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a00a, #91c80a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.47 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.65 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.96 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.94 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.68 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.96 #375ff5 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#c8a00a  rgb(200, 160, 10)  hsl(47, 90%, 41%)  Goldenrod
#0a32c8  rgb(10, 50, 200)  hsl(227, 90%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#0ac8a0  rgb(10, 200, 160)  hsl(167, 90%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#a00ac8  rgb(160, 10, 200)  hsl(287, 90%, 41%)  Dark Violet