Colour

#C4B471

#C4B471
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C4B471 is a yellow with RGB values 196, 180, 113 and HSL 48°, 41%, 61%. 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#C4B471

RGBrgb(196, 180, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.7059, 0.4431

RGB percentages76.9%, 70.6%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(48.4, 41.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 42.3%, 76.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 42.3%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,891,249

CSS custom property--colour: #C4B471;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.11:1

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

Contrast with black10.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#3B4B8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1B16Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B674no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#D0ABA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 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 text10.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.9 Burlywood · ΔE 13 Tan · ΔE 14.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19 Khaki · ΔE 19.9 Navajo white · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7181C4

Analogous#C48B71, #ABC471

Triadic#71C4B4, #B471C4

Split complementary#71ABC4, #8A71C4

Tetradic#71C48A, #7181C4, #C471AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1EDDD

Lighter +20%#E2DAB9

Lighter +10%#D3C795

Darker −10%#B5A14D

Darker −20%#92823D

Darker −30%#6E622E

Darker −40%#4A421F

More saturated +25%#DDC358

Less saturated −25%#ABA58A

Channel breakdown

R196

G180

B113

Red196 (76.9%)

Green180 (70.6%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue48.43°

Saturation (HSL)41.29%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C4 · G B4 · B 71

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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