Colour

#C5C177

#C5C177
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C5C177 is a yellow with RGB values 197, 193, 119 and HSL 57°, 40%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C5C177

RGBrgb(197, 193, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7569, 0.4667

RGB percentages77.3%, 75.7%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(56.9, 40.2%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.9, 39.6%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 2%, 39.6%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,960,119

CSS custom property--colour: #C5C177;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#3A3E88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDBC71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFBF7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#CFB8AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 3.9 Khaki · ΔE 15.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.9 Burlywood · ΔE 18.2 Tan · ΔE 19.8 Navajo white · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 3.89, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#777BC5

Analogous#C59A77, #A2C577

Triadic#77C5C1, #C177C5

Split complementary#77A2C5, #9A77C5

Tetradic#77C59A, #777BC5, #C577A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3F2E2

Lighter +20%#E3E2BF

Lighter +10%#D4D19B

Darker −10%#B6B153

Darker −20%#969240

Darker −30%#726F31

Darker −40%#4F4C21

More saturated +25%#DDD75F

Less saturated −25%#ADAB8F

Channel breakdown

R197

G193

B119

Red197 (77.3%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue56.92°

Saturation (HSL)40.21%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G C1 · B 77

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