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Recognised as Colour

#C0AA23

  • #C0AA23
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#C0AA23 is a yellow with RGB values 192, 170, 35 and HSL 52°, 69%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C0AA23#C0AA23
HEX#C0AA23
RGBrgb(192, 170, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.6667, 0.1373
RGB percentages75.3%, 66.7%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(51.6, 69.2%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 81.8%, 75.3%)
CMYK0%, 11.5%, 81.8%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,626,467
CSS custom property--colour: #C0AA23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#3F55DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCA500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1AD2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D09D92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.7Olive · ΔE 21.2Dark khaki · ΔE 27Gold · ΔE 27.8Khaki · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2339C0
Analogous#C05B23, #88C023
Triadic#23C0AA, #AA23C0
Split complementary#2388C0, #5B23C0
Tetradic#23C05B, #2339C0, #C02388

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EBBC
Lighter +30%#EBDE91
Lighter +20%#E3D266
Lighter +10%#DBC53B
Darker −10%#95841B
Darker −20%#6A5E13
Darker −30%#3F370B
Darker −40%#131104
More saturated +25%#DCBE07
Less saturated −25%#A4963F

Channel breakdown

R192
G170
B35
Red192 (75.3%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue51.59°
Saturation (HSL)69.16%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C0 · G AA · B 23

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