Colour

#C2B154

#C2B154
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C2B154 is a yellow with RGB values 194, 177, 84 and HSL 51°, 47%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C2B154

RGBrgb(194, 177, 84)

RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.6941, 0.3294

RGB percentages76.1%, 69.4%, 32.9%

HSLhsl(50.7, 47.4%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 56.7%, 76.1%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 56.7%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,759,380

CSS custom property--colour: #C2B154;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.71:1

Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#3D4EAB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0AD4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B358no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D0A69Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.3 Khaki · ΔE 19.1 Olive · ΔE 22.7 Burlywood · ΔE 23.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5465C2

Analogous#C27A54, #9CC254

Triadic#54C2B1, #B154C2

Split complementary#549CC2, #7A54C2

Tetradic#54C27A, #5465C2, #C2549C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F6EA

Lighter +30%#EAE4C5

Lighter +20%#DDD39F

Lighter +10%#CFC27A

Darker −10%#A7973C

Darker −20%#82752E

Darker −30%#5C5321

Darker −40%#373113

More saturated +25%#DFC537

Less saturated −25%#A59D71

Channel breakdown

R194

G177

B84

Red194 (76.1%)

Green177 (69.4%)

Blue84 (32.9%)

Hue50.73°

Saturation (HSL)47.41%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C2 · G B1 · B 54

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