Recognised as Colour

#C5AE42

#C5AE42
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C5AE42 is a yellow with RGB values 197, 174, 66 and HSL 49°, 53%, 52%. 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#C5AE42

RGBrgb(197, 174, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.6824, 0.2588

RGB percentages77.3%, 68.2%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(49.5, 53%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 66.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 66.5%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,955,202

CSS custom property--colour: #C5AE42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42536WCAG 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 9.51:1

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

Contrast with black9.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#3A51BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFAA34no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B248no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D4A198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 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 text9.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.4 Olive · ΔE 21.3 Khaki · ΔE 22.8 Peru · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4259C5

Analogous#C56D42, #9AC542

Triadic#42C5AE, #AE42C5

Split complementary#429BC5, #6D42C5

Tetradic#42C56D, #4259C5, #C5429B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F1DE

Lighter +30%#E9E0B7

Lighter +20%#DDCF90

Lighter +10%#D1BF69

Darker −10%#A28E32

Darker −20%#7B6C26

Darker −30%#544A1A

Darker −40%#2D280E

More saturated +25%#E4C223

Less saturated −25%#A69A61

Channel breakdown

R197

G174

B66

Red197 (77.3%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue49.47°

Saturation (HSL)53.04%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G AE · B 42

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