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#c8bc4e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8bc4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 73.73% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 61% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 54.1°, with 52.59% saturation and 54.51% 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 10.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 3.65.

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Relative luminance0.488

Complementary

  1. #c8bc4e
  2. #4e5ac8

Split complementary

  1. #c8bc4e
  2. #4e97c8
  3. #7f4ec8

Analogous

  1. #c87f4e
  2. #c8bc4e
  3. #97c84e

Triadic

  1. #c8bc4e
  2. #4ec8bc
  3. #bc4ec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bc4e
  2. #5ac84e
  3. #4e5ac8
  4. #bc4ec8

Square

  1. #c8bc4e
  2. #4ec87f
  3. #4e5ac8
  4. #c84e97

Monochromatic

  1. #5f591e
  2. #9a8f30
  3. #c8bc4e
  4. #dad288
  5. #ece8c3

Shades

#c8bc4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bc4e
  2. #b4a946
  3. #a0963e
  4. #8c8437
  5. #78712f
  6. #645e27
  7. #504b1f
  8. #3c3817
  9. #282610
  10. #141308
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bc4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bc4e
  2. #cec360
  3. #d3c971
  4. #d9d083
  5. #ded795
  6. #e4dea7
  7. #e9e4b8
  8. #efebca
  9. #f4f2dc
  10. #faf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bc4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bc4e
  2. #c1b653
  3. #bab058
  4. #b2aa5d
  5. #aba462
  6. #a49e67
  7. #9d986c
  8. #969271
  9. #8e8c76
  10. #87867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfba9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb642 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bc54 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d6b0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cab947 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdbc52 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1b58a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bc4e {
  color: #c8bc4e;
}
Background
.bg-c8bc4e {
  background-color: #c8bc4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bc4e {
  border: 2px solid #c8bc4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bc4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 188 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 53% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bc4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bc4e, #97c84e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bc4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 188 78 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.65 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.33 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.56 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.08 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.48 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.39 #3743b1 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c8bc4e  rgb(200, 188, 78)  hsl(54, 53%, 55%)  Vegas Gold
#4e5ac8  rgb(78, 90, 200)  hsl(234, 53%, 55%)  Iris
#4ec8bc  rgb(78, 200, 188)  hsl(174, 53%, 55%)  Medium Turquoise
#bc4ec8  rgb(188, 78, 200)  hsl(294, 53%, 55%)  Medium Orchid