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#C8CA4E

#c8ca4e ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8ca4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 79.22% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.99% cyan, 0% magenta, 61.39% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 60.97°, with 53.91% saturation and 54.9% 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 12.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 5.72.

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Relative luminance0.5507

Complementary

  1. #c8ca4e
  2. #504eca

Split complementary

  1. #c8ca4e
  2. #4e8aca
  3. #8e4eca

Analogous

  1. #ca8e4e
  2. #c8ca4e
  3. #8aca4e

Triadic

  1. #c8ca4e
  2. #4ec8ca
  3. #ca4ec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8ca4e
  2. #4eca50
  3. #504eca
  4. #ca4ec8

Square

  1. #c8ca4e
  2. #4eca8e
  3. #504eca
  4. #ca4e8a

Monochromatic

  1. #61621d
  2. #9b9d2f
  3. #c8ca4e
  4. #dadc89
  5. #ededc4

Shades

#c8ca4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8ca4e
  2. #b4b646
  3. #a0a23e
  4. #8c8d37
  5. #78792f
  6. #646527
  7. #50511f
  8. #3c3d17
  9. #282810
  10. #141408
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8ca4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8ca4e
  2. #cecf60
  3. #d3d571
  4. #d9da83
  5. #dedf95
  6. #e4e5a7
  7. #e9eab8
  8. #efefca
  9. #f4f4dc
  10. #fafaed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8ca4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8ca4e
  2. #c1c353
  3. #babb58
  4. #b2b45d
  5. #abac62
  6. #a4a567
  7. #9d9e6c
  8. #969671
  9. #8e8f76
  10. #87877b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5c6a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c23f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac656 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d5beb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2c545 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3c753 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d0c393 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8ca4e {
  color: #c8ca4e;
}
Background
.bg-c8ca4e {
  background-color: #c8ca4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8ca4e {
  border: 2px solid #c8ca4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8ca4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 202 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 54% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8ca4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8ca4e, #8aca4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8ca4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 202 78 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.72 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.48 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.89 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.89 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.05 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.14 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.57 #3735b1 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Straw
#c8ca4e  rgb(200, 202, 78)  hsl(61, 54%, 55%)  Straw
#504eca  rgb(80, 78, 202)  hsl(241, 54%, 55%)  Iris
#4ec8ca  rgb(78, 200, 202)  hsl(181, 54%, 55%)  Dark Turquoise
#ca4ec8  rgb(202, 78, 200)  hsl(301, 54%, 55%)  Medium Orchid