Information about #C0AA59 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #C0AA59 reads as a pleasantly vivid sunny yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Laser (#C6A95E). Slightly further away sit Vegas Gold (#C5B358) and Gimblet (#B9AD61).
The recipe behind #C0AA59 is rgb(192, 170, 89), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C0AA59: 9.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. No one has named #C0AA59 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#C0AA59 color variations
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#C0AA59 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#C0AA59 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#C0AA59 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#C0AA59 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#C0AA59 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #C0AA59 color
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Nearest named colors to #C0AA59
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#C6A95E
#C5B358
#B9AD61
#C4AA4D
#C49E5B
#BBA151
#C9B25F
#CBA560
#BE9D5E
#B99E56
#CCAD60
#B5B35C
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#C0AA59
- RGB192, 170, 89
- CMYK0, 9, 40, 25
- CSSrgb(192, 170, 89)
- HSL47°, 45%, 55%
- HSL Precise47.184°, 44.978%, 55.098%
- HSV47°, 54%, 75%
- HSB47°, 54%, 75%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.753
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.667
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.349
- GLSLvec3(0.753, 0.667, 0.349)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.753, 0.667, 0.349, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.753, 0.667, 0.349)
- Percentage of Red in RGB75.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB34.9%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDC0AA59
- DECIMAL ID12626521
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
