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#C8A135

#c8a135 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8a135 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 63.14% green and 20.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.5% magenta, 73.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 44.08°, with 58.1% saturation and 49.61% 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 4.15.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3803

Complementary

  1. #c8a135
  2. #355cc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a135
  2. #35a6c8
  3. #5835c8

Analogous

  1. #c85835
  2. #c8a135
  3. #a6c835

Triadic

  1. #c8a135
  2. #35c8a1
  3. #a135c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a135
  2. #5cc835
  3. #355cc8
  4. #a135c8

Square

  1. #c8a135
  2. #35c858
  3. #355cc8
  4. #c835a6

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4015
  2. #8c7025
  3. #c8a135
  4. #d9bd70
  5. #e9d9ad

Shades

#c8a135 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a135
  2. #b49130
  3. #a0812a
  4. #8c7125
  5. #786120
  6. #64511b
  7. #504015
  8. #3c3010
  9. #28200b
  10. #141005
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a135 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a135
  2. #ceaa49
  3. #d3b45d
  4. #d9bd72
  5. #dec786
  6. #e4d09a
  7. #e9d9ae
  8. #efe3c2
  9. #f4ecd7
  10. #faf6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a135 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a135
  2. #c19e3d
  3. #ba9a44
  4. #b2974c
  5. #ab9453
  6. #a4915b
  7. #9d8d62
  8. #968a6a
  9. #8e8771
  10. #878379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a487 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a024 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdaa3a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9938b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bca02c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a738 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d29973 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a135 {
  color: #c8a135;
}
Background
.bg-c8a135 {
  background-color: #c8a135;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a135 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a135;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a135;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 161 53;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 58% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a135 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a135, #a6c835);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a135 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 161 53 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.15 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.33 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.57 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.71 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.07 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.55 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.41 #375eca Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a135  rgb(200, 161, 53)  hsl(44, 58%, 50%)  Metallic Gold
#355cc8  rgb(53, 92, 200)  hsl(224, 58%, 50%)  Sapphire
#35c8a1  rgb(53, 200, 161)  hsl(164, 58%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a135c8  rgb(161, 53, 200)  hsl(284, 58%, 50%)  Dark Orchid