Recognised as Colour

#C3AA55

#C3AA55
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C3AA55 is a yellow with RGB values 195, 170, 85 and HSL 46°, 48%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C3AA55

RGBrgb(195, 170, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6667, 0.3333

RGB percentages76.5%, 66.7%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(46.4, 47.8%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.4, 56.4%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 12.8%, 56.4%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,823,125

CSS custom property--colour: #C3AA55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#3C55AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9A74Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0AF59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D19F97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.8 Burlywood · ΔE 19.8 Khaki · ΔE 21.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.6 Tan · ΔE 23.5 Olive · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#556EC3

Analogous#C37355, #A5C355

Triadic#55C3AA, #AA55C3

Split complementary#55A5C3, #7355C3

Tetradic#55C373, #556EC3, #C355A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F5EC

Lighter +30%#EBE3C6

Lighter +20%#DED0A0

Lighter +10%#D0BD7B

Darker −10%#A9903C

Darker −20%#84702E

Darker −30%#5E5021

Darker −40%#383014

More saturated +25%#E0BA38

Less saturated −25%#A69A72

Channel breakdown

R195

G170

B85

Red195 (76.5%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue46.36°

Saturation (HSL)47.83%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G AA · B 55

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