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#C8B60F

#c8b60f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8b60f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 71.37% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 92.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 54.16°, with 86.05% saturation and 42.16% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.69.

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Relative luminance0.4577

Complementary

  1. #c8b60f
  2. #0f21c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8b60f
  2. #0f7ec8
  3. #590fc8

Analogous

  1. #c8590f
  2. #c8b60f
  3. #7ec80f

Triadic

  1. #c8b60f
  2. #0fc8b6
  3. #b60fc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8b60f
  2. #21c80f
  3. #0f21c8
  4. #b60fc8

Square

  1. #c8b60f
  2. #0fc859
  3. #0f21c8
  4. #c80f7e

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3404
  2. #81750a
  3. #c8b60f
  4. #f0dd34
  5. #f5e97b

Shades

#c8b60f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8b60f
  2. #b4a40e
  3. #a0920c
  4. #8c7f0b
  5. #786d09
  6. #645b08
  7. #504906
  8. #3c3705
  9. #282403
  10. #141202
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8b60f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8b60f
  2. #cebd27
  3. #d3c53f
  4. #d9cc57
  5. #ded36f
  6. #e4db87
  7. #e9e29f
  8. #efe9b7
  9. #f4f0cf
  10. #faf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8b60f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8b60f
  2. #c1b11a
  3. #baab26
  4. #b2a631
  5. #aba03c
  6. #a49b48
  7. #9d9653
  8. #96905e
  9. #8e8b69
  10. #878575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb58f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb824 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8a89b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbb71e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2ae7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8b60f {
  color: #c8b60f;
}
Background
.bg-c8b60f {
  background-color: #c8b60f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8b60f {
  border: 2px solid #c8b60f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8b60f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 182 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 86% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8b60f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8b60f, #7ec80f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8b60f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 182 15 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.36 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.84 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.86 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.11 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.48 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.59 #3749f0 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#c8b60f  rgb(200, 182, 15)  hsl(54, 86%, 42%)  Old Gold
#0f21c8  rgb(15, 33, 200)  hsl(234, 86%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#0fc8b6  rgb(15, 200, 182)  hsl(174, 86%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#b60fc8  rgb(182, 15, 200)  hsl(294, 86%, 42%)  Dark Orchid