#c8a939

Color #c8a939

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 13.28 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c8a939

RGB

rgb(200, 169, 57)

HSL

hsl(47, 56.5%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47, 71.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(70.14, -0.56, 59.09)

LCH

lch(70.14, 59.09, 90.54)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.1316, 93.14)

HWB

hwb(47, 22.4%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3958c8

Analogous

#c86239

#c8a939

#9fc839

Triadic

#c8a939

#39c8a9

#a939c8

Split-complementary

#c8a939

#399fc8

#6239c8

Tetradic

#c8a939

#58c839

#3958c8

#a939c8

Square

#c8a939

#39c862

#3958c8

#c8399f

Shades

Color #c8a939 mixed toward black.

#a88d2f

#867125

#65551c

#433913

#221c09

Tints

Color #c8a939 mixed toward white.

#d1b75a

#dac67b

#e3d49c

#ede2bd

#f6f1de

Tones

Color #c8a939 mixed toward gray.

#bca245

#b09c51

#a4955d

#988e69

#8c8775

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbb64 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#bdbf6b · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#c77a7e · ΔE 37.7

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8a939;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8a939]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Khaki #f0e68c

Frequently asked questions

#c8a939 (#c8a939) is rgb(200, 169, 57) in RGB.

No, #c8a939 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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