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#C8A151

#c8a151 ≈ Indian Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8a151 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 63.14% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.5% magenta, 59.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 40.34°, with 51.97% saturation and 55.1% 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 8.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Indian Yellow (#e3a857), ΔE 6.44.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3836

Complementary

  1. #c8a151
  2. #5178c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a151
  2. #51b3c8
  3. #6651c8

Analogous

  1. #c86651
  2. #c8a151
  3. #b3c851

Triadic

  1. #c8a151
  2. #51c8a1
  3. #a151c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a151
  2. #78c851
  3. #5178c8
  4. #a151c8

Square

  1. #c8a151
  2. #51c866
  3. #5178c8
  4. #c851b3

Monochromatic

  1. #614b1f
  2. #9b7931
  3. #c8a151
  4. #dac08b
  5. #ede0c5

Shades

#c8a151 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a151
  2. #b49149
  3. #a08141
  4. #8c7139
  5. #786131
  6. #645129
  7. #504020
  8. #3c3018
  9. #282010
  10. #141008
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a151 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a151
  2. #ceaa62
  3. #d3b474
  4. #d9bd85
  5. #dec797
  6. #e4d0a8
  7. #e9d9b9
  8. #efe3cb
  9. #f4ecdc
  10. #faf6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a151 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a151
  2. #c19e56
  3. #ba9a5a
  4. #b2975f
  5. #ab9464
  6. #a49169
  7. #9d8d6d
  8. #968a72
  9. #8e8777
  10. #87837b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5a48c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2a149 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcab54 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d7958f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bba14c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1a753 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d19a7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a151 {
  color: #c8a151;
}
Background
.bg-c8a151 {
  background-color: #c8a151;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a151 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a151;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a151;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 161 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 52% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a151 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a151, #b3c851);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a151 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 161 81 / 0.35);
}

#e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.44 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.70 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 7.42 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.99 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.34 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.39 #375eae Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Indian Yellow
#c8a151  rgb(200, 161, 81)  hsl(40, 52%, 55%)  Indian Yellow
#5178c8  rgb(81, 120, 200)  hsl(220, 52%, 55%)  Glaucous
#51c8a1  rgb(81, 200, 161)  hsl(160, 52%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a151c8  rgb(161, 81, 200)  hsl(280, 52%, 55%)  Purpureus