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Recognised as Colour

#C3A848

  • #C3A848
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#C3A848 is a yellow with RGB values 195, 168, 72 and HSL 47°, 51%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C3A848#C3A848
HEX#C3A848
RGBrgb(195, 168, 72)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6588, 0.2824
RGB percentages76.5%, 65.9%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(46.8, 50.6%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.8, 63.1%, 76.5%)
CMYK0%, 13.8%, 63.1%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,822,600
CSS custom property--colour: #C3A848;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 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#A7A7A7
Inverted#3C57B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8A53Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAD4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D29C93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 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

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.7Goldenrod · ΔE 19.6Olive · ΔE 21.7Khaki · ΔE 23.2Peru · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4863C3
Analogous#C36A48, #A1C348
Triadic#48C3A8, #A848C3
Split complementary#48A1C3, #6A48C3
Tetradic#48C36A, #4863C3, #C348A1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F1E2
Lighter +30%#E9DFBB
Lighter +20%#DCCD95
Lighter +10%#D0BA6E
Darker −10%#A38B35
Darker −20%#7C6A29
Darker −30%#56491C
Darker −40%#2F2810
More saturated +25%#E1B92A
Less saturated −25%#A59766

Channel breakdown

R195
G168
B72
Red195 (76.5%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue46.83°
Saturation (HSL)50.62%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C3 · G A8 · B 48

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