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#C8BD4E

#c8bd4e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8bd4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 74.12% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.5% magenta, 61% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 54.59°, 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 10.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 3.97.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4922

Complementary

  1. #c8bd4e
  2. #4e59c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8bd4e
  2. #4e96c8
  3. #804ec8

Analogous

  1. #c8804e
  2. #c8bd4e
  3. #96c84e

Triadic

  1. #c8bd4e
  2. #4ec8bd
  3. #bd4ec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bd4e
  2. #59c84e
  3. #4e59c8
  4. #bd4ec8

Square

  1. #c8bd4e
  2. #4ec880
  3. #4e59c8
  4. #c84e96

Monochromatic

  1. #5f591e
  2. #9a9030
  3. #c8bd4e
  4. #dad388
  5. #ece9c3

Shades

#c8bd4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bd4e
  2. #b4aa46
  3. #a0973e
  4. #8c8437
  5. #78712f
  6. #645f27
  7. #504c1f
  8. #3c3917
  9. #282610
  10. #141308
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bd4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bd4e
  2. #cec460
  3. #d3ca71
  4. #d9d183
  5. #ded795
  6. #e4dea7
  7. #e9e5b8
  8. #efebca
  9. #f4f2dc
  10. #faf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bd4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bd4e
  2. #c1b753
  3. #bab158
  4. #b2ab5d
  5. #aba562
  6. #a49f67
  7. #9d986c
  8. #969271
  9. #8e8c76
  10. #87867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0bb9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb741 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bd54 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d6b1a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbb947 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdbd52 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1b68b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bd4e {
  color: #c8bd4e;
}
Background
.bg-c8bd4e {
  background-color: #c8bd4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bd4e {
  border: 2px solid #c8bd4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bd4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 189 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 53% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bd4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bd4e, #96c84e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bd4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 189 78 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.97 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.62 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.64 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.35 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.79 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.27 #3742b1 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c8bd4e  rgb(200, 189, 78)  hsl(55, 53%, 55%)  Vegas Gold
#4e59c8  rgb(78, 89, 200)  hsl(235, 53%, 55%)  Iris
#4ec8bd  rgb(78, 200, 189)  hsl(175, 53%, 55%)  Medium Turquoise
#bd4ec8  rgb(189, 78, 200)  hsl(295, 53%, 55%)  Medium Orchid