Recognised as Colour

#C0A22A

#C0A22A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C0A22A is a yellow with RGB values 192, 162, 42 and HSL 48°, 64%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C0A22A#C0A22A

HEX#C0A22A

RGBrgb(192, 162, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.6353, 0.1647

RGB percentages75.3%, 63.5%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(48, 64.1%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 78.1%, 75.3%)

CMYK0%, 15.6%, 78.1%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,624,426

CSS custom property--colour: #C0A22A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37214WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.44:1

Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#3F5DD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B49F0Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBA832no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D0958Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 12.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.7 Olive · ΔE 20.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.5 Peru · ΔE 26.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 12.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2A48C0

Analogous#C0572A, #93C02A

Triadic#2AC0A2, #A22AC0

Split complementary#2A93C0, #572AC0

Tetradic#2AC057, #2A48C0, #C02A93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F2E9C4

Lighter +30%#E9D99A

Lighter +20%#E0C970

Lighter +10%#D7BA46

Darker −10%#967F21

Darker −20%#6C5B18

Darker −30%#42380F

Darker −40%#191505

More saturated +25%#DDB40D

Less saturated −25%#A39047

Channel breakdown

R192

G162

B42

Red192 (75.3%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)64.1%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C0 · G A2 · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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