Colour

#C5C580

#C5C580
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C5C580 is a yellow with RGB values 197, 197, 128 and HSL 60°, 37%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C5C580

RGBrgb(197, 197, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7725, 0.502

RGB percentages77.3%, 77.3%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(60, 37.3%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 35%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 35%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,961,152

CSS custom property--colour: #C5C580;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#3A3A7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0C07Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1C283no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CEBDB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.9 Khaki · ΔE 16.1 Burlywood · ΔE 18.2 Tan · ΔE 18.8 Wheat · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.81, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8080C5

Analogous#C5A380, #A3C580

Triadic#80C5C5, #C580C5

Split complementary#80A3C5, #A380C5

Tetradic#80C5A3, #8080C5, #C580A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F5E9

Lighter +20%#E5E5C6

Lighter +10%#D5D5A3

Darker −10%#B5B55D

Darker −20%#999946

Darker −30%#767636

Darker −40%#535326

More saturated +25%#DCDC69

Less saturated −25%#AEAE97

Channel breakdown

R197

G197

B128

Red197 (77.3%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)37.3%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR C5 · G C5 · B 80

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