Colour

#C5B777

#C5B777
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C5B777 is a yellow with RGB values 197, 183, 119 and HSL 49°, 40%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C5B777

RGBrgb(197, 183, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7176, 0.4667

RGB percentages77.3%, 71.8%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(49.2, 40.2%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 39.6%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 39.6%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,957,559

CSS custom property--colour: #C5B777;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.41:1

Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#3A4888

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3B472no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7B979no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D0AEA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.8 Burlywood · ΔE 12.4 Tan · ΔE 13.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.5 Navajo white · ΔE 19.1 Wheat · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.77, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7785C5

Analogous#C59077, #ACC577

Triadic#77C5B7, #B777C5

Split complementary#77ACC5, #9077C5

Tetradic#77C590, #7785C5, #C577AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3F0E2

Lighter +20%#E3DDBF

Lighter +10%#D4CA9B

Darker −10%#B6A453

Darker −20%#968740

Darker −30%#726731

Darker −40%#4F4621

More saturated +25%#DDC75F

Less saturated −25%#ADA78F

Channel breakdown

R197

G183

B119

Red197 (77.3%)

Green183 (71.8%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue49.23°

Saturation (HSL)40.21%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G B7 · B 77

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