Recognised as Colour

#C1A424

#C1A424
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C1A424 is a yellow with RGB values 193, 164, 36 and HSL 49°, 69%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C1A424#C1A424

HEX#C1A424

RGBrgb(193, 164, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.6431, 0.1412

RGB percentages75.7%, 64.3%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(48.9, 68.6%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 81.3%, 75.7%)

CMYK0%, 15%, 81.3%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,690,468

CSS custom property--colour: #C1A424;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1

Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#3E5BDB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6A100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDAA2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D1968Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 11.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Olive · ΔE 21 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.5 Peru · ΔE 29.1 Gold · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 11.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2441C1

Analogous#C15524, #90C124

Triadic#24C1A4, #A424C1

Split complementary#2490C1, #5524C1

Tetradic#24C155, #2441C1, #C12490

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3E9BE

Lighter +30%#EBDB93

Lighter +20%#E3CC68

Lighter +10%#DBBE3D

Darker −10%#967F1C

Darker −20%#6B5B14

Darker −30%#40360C

Darker −40%#151204

More saturated +25%#DEB607

Less saturated −25%#A49241

Channel breakdown

R193

G164

B36

Red193 (75.7%)

Green164 (64.3%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue48.92°

Saturation (HSL)68.56%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C1 · G A4 · B 24

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