Recognised as Colour

#C6A34F

#C6A34F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C6A34F is a orange with RGB values 198, 163, 79 and HSL 42°, 51%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C6A34F

RGBrgb(198, 163, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.6392, 0.3098

RGB percentages77.6%, 63.9%, 31%

HSLhsl(42.4, 51.1%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42.4, 60.1%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 17.7%, 60.1%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,017,935

CSS custom property--colour: #C6A34F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1

Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#395CB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A247no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCAB52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D59790no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19 Peru · ΔE 19.5 Burlywood · ΔE 19.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 20.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F72C6

Analogous#C6684F, #ADC64F

Triadic#4FC6A3, #A34FC6

Split complementary#4FAEC6, #684FC6

Tetradic#4FC668, #4F72C6, #C64FAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F4E9

Lighter +30%#EBDFC3

Lighter +20%#DFCB9C

Lighter +10%#D2B776

Darker −10%#AB8937

Darker −20%#846A2B

Darker −30%#5E4B1E

Darker −40%#372C12

More saturated +25%#E3AF32

Less saturated −25%#A9976C

Channel breakdown

R198

G163

B79

Red198 (77.6%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue42.35°

Saturation (HSL)51.07%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G A3 · B 4F

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