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#c8bf4e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8bf4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 74.9% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.5% magenta, 61% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 55.57°, 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 11.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 4.62.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5009

Complementary

  1. #c8bf4e
  2. #4e57c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8bf4e
  2. #4e94c8
  3. #824ec8

Analogous

  1. #c8824e
  2. #c8bf4e
  3. #94c84e

Triadic

  1. #c8bf4e
  2. #4ec8bf
  3. #bf4ec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bf4e
  2. #57c84e
  3. #4e57c8
  4. #bf4ec8

Square

  1. #c8bf4e
  2. #4ec882
  3. #4e57c8
  4. #c84e94

Monochromatic

  1. #5f5b1e
  2. #9a9230
  3. #c8bf4e
  4. #dad488
  5. #ece9c3

Shades

#c8bf4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bf4e
  2. #b4ac46
  3. #a0993e
  4. #8c8637
  5. #78732f
  6. #646027
  7. #504c1f
  8. #3c3917
  9. #282610
  10. #141308
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bf4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bf4e
  2. #cec560
  3. #d3cc71
  4. #d9d283
  5. #ded995
  6. #e4dfa7
  7. #e9e5b8
  8. #efecca
  9. #f4f2dc
  10. #faf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bf4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bf4e
  2. #c1b953
  3. #bab258
  4. #b2ac5d
  5. #aba662
  6. #a4a067
  7. #9d996c
  8. #969371
  9. #8e8d76
  10. #87867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1bd9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb941 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2be54 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d6b3a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccbb47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cebe52 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d0b88c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bf4e {
  color: #c8bf4e;
}
Background
.bg-c8bf4e {
  background-color: #c8bf4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bf4e {
  border: 2px solid #c8bf4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bf4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 191 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 53% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bf4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bf4e, #94c84e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bf4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 191 78 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.62 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.20 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.85 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.61 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.91 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.07 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.43 #3740b1 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#c8bf4e  rgb(200, 191, 78)  hsl(56, 53%, 55%)  Vegas Gold
#4e57c8  rgb(78, 87, 200)  hsl(236, 53%, 55%)  Iris
#4ec8bf  rgb(78, 200, 191)  hsl(176, 53%, 55%)  Medium Turquoise
#bf4ec8  rgb(191, 78, 200)  hsl(296, 53%, 55%)  Medium Orchid