Colour

#C4C169

#C4C169
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C4C169 is a yellow with RGB values 196, 193, 105 and HSL 58°, 44%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C4C169

RGBrgb(196, 193, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.7569, 0.4118

RGB percentages76.9%, 75.7%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(58, 43.5%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58, 46.4%, 76.9%)

CMYK0%, 1.5%, 46.4%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,894,569

CSS custom property--colour: #C4C169;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.18:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#3B3E96

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CEBB61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0BF6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CFB7ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.6 Khaki · ΔE 13.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Burlywood · ΔE 23.3 Tan · ΔE 25.8 Navajo white · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#696CC4

Analogous#C49369, #99C469

Triadic#69C4C1, #C169C4

Split complementary#6999C4, #9369C4

Tetradic#69C494, #696CC4, #C4699A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEFB

Lighter +30%#EFEED7

Lighter +20%#E1DFB2

Lighter +10%#D2D08E

Darker −10%#B3B047

Darker −20%#8F8C38

Darker −30%#6A682A

Darker −40%#46441B

More saturated +25%#DED94F

Less saturated −25%#AAA983

Channel breakdown

R196

G193

B105

Red196 (76.9%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue58.02°

Saturation (HSL)43.54%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C4 · G C1 · B 69

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