Recognised as Colour

#C5B03E

#C5B03E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C5B03E is a yellow with RGB values 197, 176, 62 and HSL 51°, 54%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#C5B03E

RGBrgb(197, 176, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.6902, 0.2431

RGB percentages77.3%, 69%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(50.7, 53.8%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 68.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 68.5%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,955,710

CSS custom property--colour: #C5B03E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.65:1

Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#3A4FC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1AC2Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6B345no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D4A399no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Olive · ΔE 21.4 Khaki · ΔE 23.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E53C5

Analogous#C56C3E, #97C53E

Triadic#3EC5B0, #B03EC5

Split complementary#3E97C5, #6C3EC5

Tetradic#3EC56C, #3E53C5, #C53E97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F0DB

Lighter +30%#E8E0B4

Lighter +20%#DDD08C

Lighter +10%#D1C065

Darker −10%#A08F30

Darker −20%#796C24

Darker −30%#524918

Darker −40%#2A260D

More saturated +25%#E4C61F

Less saturated −25%#A69A5D

Channel breakdown

R197

G176

B62

Red197 (77.3%)

Green176 (69%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue50.67°

Saturation (HSL)53.78%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G B0 · B 3E

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Colour values

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