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#C8B341

#c8b341 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.5% magenta, 67.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 50.67°, with 55.1% saturation and 51.96% 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 9.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 1.76.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.449

Complementary

  1. #c8b341
  2. #4156c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8b341
  2. #4199c8
  3. #7041c8

Analogous

  1. #c87041
  2. #c8b341
  3. #99c841

Triadic

  1. #c8b341
  2. #41c8b3
  3. #b341c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8b341
  2. #56c841
  3. #4156c8
  4. #b341c8

Square

  1. #c8b341
  2. #41c870
  3. #4156c8
  4. #c84199

Monochromatic

  1. #574d19
  2. #92822a
  3. #c8b341
  4. #d9cb7c
  5. #eae2b8

Shades

#c8b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8b341
  2. #b4a13b
  3. #a08f34
  4. #8c7d2e
  5. #786b27
  6. #645a21
  7. #50481a
  8. #3c3614
  9. #28240d
  10. #141207
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8b341
  2. #cebb54
  3. #d3c267
  4. #d9ca7a
  5. #ded18d
  6. #e4d9a0
  7. #e9e1b3
  8. #efe8c6
  9. #f4f0d9
  10. #faf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8b341
  2. #c1ae47
  3. #baa94e
  4. #b2a454
  5. #ab9f5a
  6. #a49a61
  7. #9d9467
  8. #968f6d
  9. #8e8a73
  10. #87857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb393 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ae32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab647 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d7a69c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6b038 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9b545 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1ab81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8b341 {
  color: #c8b341;
}
Background
.bg-c8b341 {
  background-color: #c8b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8b341 {
  border: 2px solid #c8b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 55% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8b341, #99c841);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 1.76 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.53 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.56 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.07 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.21 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.10 #374cbe Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c8b341  rgb(200, 179, 65)  hsl(51, 55%, 52%)  Old Gold
#4156c8  rgb(65, 86, 200)  hsl(231, 55%, 52%)  Iris
#41c8b3  rgb(65, 200, 179)  hsl(171, 55%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b341c8  rgb(179, 65, 200)  hsl(291, 55%, 52%)  Medium Orchid