Colour

#C5B97F

#C5B97F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C5B97F is a yellow with RGB values 197, 185, 127 and HSL 50°, 38%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C5B97F

RGBrgb(197, 185, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7255, 0.498

RGB percentages77.3%, 72.5%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(49.7, 37.6%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 35.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.1%, 35.5%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,958,079

CSS custom property--colour: #C5B97F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48101WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.62:1

Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#3A4680

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4B67Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7BA81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CFB1AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.5 Tan · ΔE 11.5 Burlywood · ΔE 11.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.5 Wheat · ΔE 17.1 Navajo white · ΔE 17.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F8BC5

Analogous#C5967F, #AEC57F

Triadic#7FC5B9, #B97FC5

Split complementary#7FAEC5, #967FC5

Tetradic#7FC596, #7F8BC5, #C57FAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F3E8

Lighter +20%#E5DFC5

Lighter +10%#D5CCA2

Darker −10%#B5A65C

Darker −20%#998A45

Darker −30%#766B35

Darker −40%#534B25

More saturated +25%#DCC868

Less saturated −25%#AEAA96

Channel breakdown

R197

G185

B127

Red197 (77.3%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue49.71°

Saturation (HSL)37.63%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G B9 · B 7F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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