Recognised as Colour

#C2AE38

#C2AE38
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C2AE38 is a yellow with RGB values 194, 174, 56 and HSL 51°, 55%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C2AE38#C2AE38

HEX#C2AE38

RGBrgb(194, 174, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.6824, 0.2196

RGB percentages76.1%, 68.2%, 22%

HSLhsl(51.3, 55.2%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 71.1%, 76.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 71.1%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,758,584

CSS custom property--colour: #C2AE38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.41:1

Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#3D51C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFA926no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4B13Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#D1A196no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.8 Olive · ΔE 20.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.1 Khaki · ΔE 24.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#384CC2

Analogous#C26938, #91C238

Triadic#38C2AE, #AE38C2

Split complementary#3891C2, #6938C2

Tetradic#38C269, #384CC2, #C23891

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2EED4

Lighter +30%#E7DEAC

Lighter +20%#DCCF84

Lighter +10%#D0BF5D

Darker −10%#9A8B2D

Darker −20%#736721

Darker −30%#4B4416

Darker −40%#24200A

More saturated +25%#E1C419

Less saturated −25%#A39857

Channel breakdown

R194

G174

B56

Red194 (76.1%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue51.3°

Saturation (HSL)55.2%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C2 · G AE · B 38

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