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Colour

#C5B573

  • #C5B573
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#C5B573 is a yellow with RGB values 197, 181, 115 and HSL 48°, 41%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C5B573#C5B573
HEX#C5B573
RGBrgb(197, 181, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7098, 0.451
RGB percentages77.3%, 71%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(48.3, 41.4%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 41.6%, 77.3%)
CMYK0%, 8.1%, 41.6%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,957,043
CSS custom property--colour: #C5B573;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.23:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#3A4A8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1B26Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6B775no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D1ACA5no 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 text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.3Burlywood · ΔE 12.5Tan · ΔE 14.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.5Navajo white · ΔE 19.8Khaki · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7383C5
Analogous#C58C73, #ACC573
Triadic#73C5B5, #B573C5
Split complementary#73ACC5, #8C73C5
Tetradic#73C58C, #7383C5, #C573AC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2EEDF
Lighter +20%#E3DBBB
Lighter +10%#D4C897
Darker −10%#B6A24F
Darker −20%#94843E
Darker −30%#70642F
Darker −40%#4C4420
More saturated +25%#DEC45A
Less saturated −25%#ACA68C

Channel breakdown

R197
G181
B115
Red197 (77.3%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue48.29°
Saturation (HSL)41.41%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C5 · G B5 · B 73

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