Recognised as Colour

#C3AE2D

#C3AE2D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C3AE2D is a yellow with RGB values 195, 174, 45 and HSL 52°, 62%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C3AE2D#C3AE2D

HEX#C3AE2D

RGBrgb(195, 174, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6824, 0.1765

RGB percentages76.5%, 68.2%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(51.6, 62.5%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 76.9%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 76.9%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,824,109

CSS custom property--colour: #C3AE2D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.41:1

Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#3C51D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFA910no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B136no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D3A196no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 15.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Olive · ΔE 21.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.1 Khaki · ΔE 27.4 Gold · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D42C3

Analogous#C3632D, #8DC32D

Triadic#2DC3AE, #AE2DC3

Split complementary#2D8DC3, #632DC3

Tetradic#2DC363, #2D42C3, #C32D8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3EDC9

Lighter +30%#E9DFA0

Lighter +20%#E0D177

Lighter +10%#D6C34D

Darker −10%#9A8923

Darker −20%#70641A

Darker −30%#473F10

Darker −40%#1D1A07

More saturated +25%#E1C40F

Less saturated −25%#A5984B

Channel breakdown

R195

G174

B45

Red195 (76.5%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue51.6°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G AE · B 2D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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