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#C8A855

#c8a855 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8a855 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 65.88% green and 33.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 57.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 43.3°, with 51.11% saturation and 55.88% 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 9.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 5.14.

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Relative luminance0.4094

Complementary

  1. #c8a855
  2. #5575c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a855
  2. #55afc8
  3. #6e55c8

Analogous

  1. #c86e55
  2. #c8a855
  3. #afc855

Triadic

  1. #c8a855
  2. #55c8a8
  3. #a855c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a855
  2. #75c855
  3. #5575c8
  4. #a855c8

Square

  1. #c8a855
  2. #55c86e
  3. #5575c8
  4. #c855af

Monochromatic

  1. #645120
  2. #9e8033
  3. #c8a855
  4. #dbc68f
  5. #ede3c9

Shades

#c8a855 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a855
  2. #b4974d
  3. #a08644
  4. #8c763c
  5. #786533
  6. #64542b
  7. #504322
  8. #3c321a
  9. #282211
  10. #141109
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a855 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a855
  2. #ceb166
  3. #d3b977
  4. #d9c288
  5. #decb99
  6. #e4d4aa
  7. #e9dcbb
  8. #efe5cc
  9. #f4eedd
  10. #faf6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a855 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a855
  2. #c1a459
  3. #baa05e
  4. #b29c62
  5. #ab9866
  6. #a4946b
  7. #9d906f
  8. #968c73
  9. #8e8877
  10. #87847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8aa91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a64d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0af58 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d79c95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa750 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3ac57 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1a180 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a855 {
  color: #c8a855;
}
Background
.bg-c8a855 {
  background-color: #c8a855;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a855 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a855;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a855;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 168 85;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 51% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a855 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a855, #afc855);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a855 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 168 85 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.14 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.17 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.18 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.44 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.09 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.35 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.83 #3757aa Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c8a855  rgb(200, 168, 85)  hsl(43, 51%, 56%)  Vegas Gold
#5575c8  rgb(85, 117, 200)  hsl(223, 51%, 56%)  Glaucous
#55c8a8  rgb(85, 200, 168)  hsl(163, 51%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a855c8  rgb(168, 85, 200)  hsl(283, 51%, 56%)  Medium Orchid