Colour

#C3B153

#C3B153
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C3B153 is a yellow with RGB values 195, 177, 83 and HSL 50°, 48%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C3B153

RGBrgb(195, 177, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6941, 0.3255

RGB percentages76.5%, 69.4%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(50.4, 48.3%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 57.4%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 57.4%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,824,915

CSS custom property--colour: #C3B153;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1

Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#3C4EAC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0AD4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B357no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D1A69Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.9 Khaki · ΔE 19.2 Olive · ΔE 22.7 Burlywood · ΔE 23.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5365C3

Analogous#C37953, #9DC353

Triadic#53C3B1, #B153C3

Split complementary#539DC3, #7953C3

Tetradic#53C379, #5365C3, #C3539D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F6EA

Lighter +30%#EBE4C4

Lighter +20%#DDD39F

Lighter +10%#D0C279

Darker −10%#A8973B

Darker −20%#82752E

Darker −30%#5D5320

Darker −40%#373113

More saturated +25%#E0C536

Less saturated −25%#A69D70

Channel breakdown

R195

G177

B83

Red195 (76.5%)

Green177 (69.4%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue50.36°

Saturation (HSL)48.28%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G B1 · B 53

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