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Recognised as Colour

#C3AF41

  • #C3AF41
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#C3AF41 is a yellow with RGB values 195, 175, 65 and HSL 51°, 52%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C3AF41#C3AF41
HEX#C3AF41
RGBrgb(195, 175, 65)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6863, 0.2549
RGB percentages76.5%, 68.6%, 25.5%
HSLhsl(50.8, 52%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 66.7%, 76.5%)
CMYK0%, 10.3%, 66.7%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,824,385
CSS custom property--colour: #C3AF41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.53:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#3C50BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFAB33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B247no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D2A398no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 18Goldenrod · ΔE 18.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.4Olive · ΔE 20.8Khaki · ΔE 22.7Olivedrab · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4155C3
Analogous#C36E41, #96C341
Triadic#41C3AF, #AF41C3
Split complementary#4196C3, #6E41C3
Tetradic#41C36E, #4155C3, #C34196

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F0DC
Lighter +30%#E8E0B5
Lighter +20%#DBD08F
Lighter +10%#CFBF68
Darker −10%#9F8E32
Darker −20%#786B26
Darker −30%#51491A
Darker −40%#2B260D
More saturated +25%#E2C522
Less saturated −25%#A49960

Channel breakdown

R195
G175
B65
Red195 (76.5%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue65 (25.5%)
Hue50.77°
Saturation (HSL)52%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C3 · G AF · B 41

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