Recognised as Colour

#C3AA39

#C3AA39
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C3AA39 is a yellow with RGB values 195, 170, 57 and HSL 49°, 55%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C3AA39#C3AA39

HEX#C3AA39

RGBrgb(195, 170, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6667, 0.2235

RGB percentages76.5%, 66.7%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(49.1, 54.8%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 70.8%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 12.8%, 70.8%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,823,097

CSS custom property--colour: #C3AA39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.13:1

Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#3C55C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBA628no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2AE3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D29D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 15.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5 Olive · ΔE 20.6 Khaki · ΔE 25.3 Peru · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3952C3

Analogous#C36539, #97C339

Triadic#39C3AA, #AA39C3

Split complementary#3997C3, #6539C3

Tetradic#39C365, #3952C3, #C33997

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3EDD5

Lighter +30%#E7DDAE

Lighter +20%#DCCC86

Lighter +10%#D0BC5F

Darker −10%#9C882D

Darker −20%#746522

Darker −30%#4D4316

Darker −40%#25200B

More saturated +25%#E3BE1A

Less saturated −25%#A39659

Channel breakdown

R195

G170

B57

Red195 (76.5%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue49.13°

Saturation (HSL)54.76%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G AA · B 39

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