Recognised as Colour

#C3A62D

#C3A62D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C3A62D is a yellow with RGB values 195, 166, 45 and HSL 48°, 62%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#C3A62D

RGBrgb(195, 166, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.651, 0.1765

RGB percentages76.5%, 65.1%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(48.4, 62.5%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 76.9%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 14.9%, 76.9%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,822,061

CSS custom property--colour: #C3A62D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.81:1

Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#3C59D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8A314no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFAC35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D3988Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 12.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15 Olive · ΔE 21 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3 Peru · ΔE 28 Khaki · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 12.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D4AC3

Analogous#C35B2D, #95C32D

Triadic#2DC3A6, #A62DC3

Split complementary#2D95C3, #5B2DC3

Tetradic#2DC35B, #2D4AC3, #C32D95

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3EBC9

Lighter +30%#E9DBA0

Lighter +20%#E0CB77

Lighter +10%#D6BB4D

Darker −10%#9A8323

Darker −20%#705F1A

Darker −30%#473C10

Darker −40%#1D1907

More saturated +25%#E1B80F

Less saturated −25%#A5944B

Channel breakdown

R195

G166

B45

Red195 (76.5%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue48.4°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G A6 · B 2D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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