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#C8A751

#c8a751 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8a751 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 65.49% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.5% magenta, 59.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 43.36°, 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 9.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 4.84.

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Relative luminance0.4051

Complementary

  1. #c8a751
  2. #5172c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a751
  2. #51aec8
  3. #6c51c8

Analogous

  1. #c86c51
  2. #c8a751
  3. #aec851

Triadic

  1. #c8a751
  2. #51c8a7
  3. #a751c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a751
  2. #72c851
  3. #5172c8
  4. #a751c8

Square

  1. #c8a751
  2. #51c86c
  3. #5172c8
  4. #c851ae

Monochromatic

  1. #614f1f
  2. #9b7e31
  3. #c8a751
  4. #dac48b
  5. #ede2c5

Shades

#c8a751 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a751
  2. #b49649
  3. #a08641
  4. #8c7539
  5. #786431
  6. #645429
  7. #504320
  8. #3c3218
  9. #282110
  10. #141108
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a751 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a751
  2. #ceb062
  3. #d3b974
  4. #d9c185
  5. #deca97
  6. #e4d3a8
  7. #e9dcb9
  8. #efe5cb
  9. #f4eddc
  10. #faf6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a751 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a751
  2. #c1a356
  3. #ba9f5a
  4. #b29b5f
  5. #ab9764
  6. #a49469
  7. #9d906d
  8. #968c72
  9. #8e8877
  10. #87847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7a98f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a549 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ae54 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d79b94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bea64c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3ac53 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1a07e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a751 {
  color: #c8a751;
}
Background
.bg-c8a751 {
  background-color: #c8a751;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a751 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a751;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a751;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 167 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 52% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a751 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a751, #aec851);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a751 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 167 81 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.84 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.37 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.15 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.30 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.62 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.13 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.07 #3758ae Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#c8a751  rgb(200, 167, 81)  hsl(43, 52%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#5172c8  rgb(81, 114, 200)  hsl(223, 52%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#51c8a7  rgb(81, 200, 167)  hsl(163, 52%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a751c8  rgb(167, 81, 200)  hsl(283, 52%, 55%)  Medium Orchid