#c8a900

Color #c8a900

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 11.31 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c8a900

RGB

rgb(200, 169, 0)

HSL

hsl(50.7, 100%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.7, 100%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 100%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(69.94, -2.04, 72.72)

LCH

lch(69.94, 72.75, 91.61)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.1522, 95.77)

HWB

hwb(50.7, 0%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#001fc8

Analogous

#c84500

#c8a900

#83c800

Triadic

#c8a900

#00c8a9

#a900c8

Split-complementary

#c8a900

#0083c8

#4500c8

Tetradic

#c8a900

#1fc800

#001fc8

#a900c8

Square

#c8a900

#00c845

#001fc8

#c80083

Shades

Color #c8a900 mixed toward black.

#a78d00

#857100

#645400

#433800

#211c00

Tints

Color #c8a900 mixed toward white.

#fcd500

#ffdf30

#ffe764

#ffef98

#fff7cb

Tones

Color #c8a900 mixed toward gray.

#b79d11

#a79221

#968632

#857b43

#756f53

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbb57 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#bdbf61 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#c77378 · ΔE 42.4

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8a900;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8a900]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#c8a900 (#c8a900) is rgb(200, 169, 0) in RGB.

No, #c8a900 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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