Colour

#C4B469

#C4B469
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C4B469 is a yellow with RGB values 196, 180, 105 and HSL 49°, 44%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C4B469

RGBrgb(196, 180, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.7059, 0.4118

RGB percentages76.9%, 70.6%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(49.5, 43.5%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 46.4%, 76.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 46.4%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,891,241

CSS custom property--colour: #C4B469;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.08:1

Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#3B4B96

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1B063no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6B66Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D0AAA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 4.3 Burlywood · ΔE 15.9 Khaki · ΔE 18.4 Tan · ΔE 18.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Navajo white · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 4.33, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6979C4

Analogous#C48669, #A6C469

Triadic#69C4B4, #B469C4

Split complementary#69A6C4, #8769C4

Tetradic#69C487, #6979C4, #C469A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFDFB

Lighter +30%#EFEBD7

Lighter +20%#E1D9B2

Lighter +10%#D2C68E

Darker −10%#B3A047

Darker −20%#8F8038

Darker −30%#6A5F2A

Darker −40%#463E1B

More saturated +25%#DEC54F

Less saturated −25%#AAA383

Channel breakdown

R196

G180

B105

Red196 (76.9%)

Green180 (70.6%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue49.45°

Saturation (HSL)43.54%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C4 · G B4 · B 69

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Colour values

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