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#C8CB4E

#c8cb4e ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8cb4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 79.61% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.48% cyan, 0% magenta, 61.58% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 61.44°, with 54.59% saturation and 55.1% 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 12.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 5.73.

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Relative luminance0.5554

Complementary

  1. #c8cb4e
  2. #514ecb

Split complementary

  1. #c8cb4e
  2. #4e8acb
  3. #904ecb

Analogous

  1. #cb904e
  2. #c8cb4e
  3. #8acb4e

Triadic

  1. #c8cb4e
  2. #4ec8cb
  3. #cb4ec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8cb4e
  2. #4ecb51
  3. #514ecb
  4. #cb4ec8

Square

  1. #c8cb4e
  2. #4ecb90
  3. #514ecb
  4. #cb4e8a

Monochromatic

  1. #61631d
  2. #9b9e2e
  3. #c8cb4e
  4. #dadc89
  5. #edeec4

Shades

#c8cb4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8cb4e
  2. #b4b746
  3. #a0a23e
  4. #8c8e37
  5. #787a2f
  6. #646627
  7. #50511f
  8. #3c3d17
  9. #282910
  10. #141408
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8cb4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8cb4e
  2. #ced060
  3. #d3d571
  4. #d9db83
  5. #dee095
  6. #e4e5a7
  7. #e9eab8
  8. #efefca
  9. #f4f5dc
  10. #fafaed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8cb4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8cb4e
  2. #c1c453
  3. #babc58
  4. #b2b55d
  5. #abad62
  6. #a4a667
  7. #9d9e6c
  8. #969771
  9. #8e8f76
  10. #87887b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c7a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dac33f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc656 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d5bfb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3c645 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4c853 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d0c493 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8cb4e {
  color: #c8cb4e;
}
Background
.bg-c8cb4e {
  background-color: #c8cb4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8cb4e {
  border: 2px solid #c8cb4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8cb4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 203 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 55% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8cb4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8cb4e, #8acb4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8cb4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 203 78 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.73 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.18 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.62 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.12 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.12 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.45 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 8.70 #3734b1 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Straw
#c8cb4e  rgb(200, 203, 78)  hsl(61, 55%, 55%)  Straw
#514ecb  rgb(81, 78, 203)  hsl(241, 55%, 55%)  Iris
#4ec8cb  rgb(78, 200, 203)  hsl(181, 55%, 55%)  Dark Turquoise
#cb4ec8  rgb(203, 78, 200)  hsl(301, 55%, 55%)  Medium Orchid