Colour

#C5C572

#C5C572
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C5C572 is a yellow with RGB values 197, 197, 114 and HSL 60°, 42%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C5C572

RGBrgb(197, 197, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7725, 0.4471

RGB percentages77.3%, 77.3%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(60, 41.7%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 42.1%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 42.1%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,961,138

CSS custom property--colour: #C5C572;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.6:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#3A3A8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1BF6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2C276no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D0BCB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6 Khaki · ΔE 13.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Burlywood · ΔE 22.3 Tan · ΔE 24.3 Navajo white · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7272C5

Analogous#C59C72, #9CC572

Triadic#72C5C5, #C572C5

Split complementary#729CC5, #9C72C5

Tetradic#72C59C, #7272C5, #C5729C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2F2DE

Lighter +20%#E3E3BA

Lighter +10%#D4D496

Darker −10%#B6B64E

Darker −20%#94943D

Darker −30%#70702E

Darker −40%#4C4C1F

More saturated +25%#DEDE59

Less saturated −25%#ACAC8B

Channel breakdown

R197

G197

B114

Red197 (77.3%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)41.71%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR C5 · G C5 · B 72

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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