Recognised as Colour

#C5AE40

#C5AE40
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C5AE40 is a yellow with RGB values 197, 174, 64 and HSL 50°, 53%, 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 Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#C5AE40

RGBrgb(197, 174, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.6824, 0.251

RGB percentages77.3%, 68.2%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(49.6, 53.4%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 67.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 67.5%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,955,200

CSS custom property--colour: #C5AE40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42513WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1

Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#3A51BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFAA32no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B246no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D4A197no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Olive · ΔE 21.3 Khaki · ΔE 23.2 Peru · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4057C5

Analogous#C56C40, #99C540

Triadic#40C5AE, #AE40C5

Split complementary#4099C5, #6C40C5

Tetradic#40C56C, #4057C5, #C54099

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F0DC

Lighter +30%#E9E0B5

Lighter +20%#DDCF8E

Lighter +10%#D1BF67

Darker −10%#A18E31

Darker −20%#7A6B25

Darker −30%#534919

Darker −40%#2C260D

More saturated +25%#E4C221

Less saturated −25%#A69A5F

Channel breakdown

R197

G174

B64

Red197 (77.3%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue49.62°

Saturation (HSL)53.41%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G AE · B 40

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Colour values

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