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Recognised as Colour

#C6A429

  • #C6A429
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#C6A429 is a yellow with RGB values 198, 164, 41 and HSL 47°, 66%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C6A429#C6A429
HEX#C6A429
RGBrgb(198, 164, 41)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.6431, 0.1608
RGB percentages77.6%, 64.3%, 16.1%
HSLhsl(47, 65.7%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47, 79.3%, 77.6%)
CMYK0%, 17.2%, 79.3%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,018,153
CSS custom property--colour: #C6A429;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#395BD6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7A10Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAB31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D7968Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 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 text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 9.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.2Olive · ΔE 22.5Dark khaki · ΔE 26.2Peru · ΔE 26.8Sandy brown · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#294BC6
Analogous#C65529, #9AC629
Triadic#29C6A4, #A429C6
Split complementary#299AC6, #5529C6
Tetradic#29C655, #294BC6, #C6299A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4EAC7
Lighter +30%#EBDA9D
Lighter +20%#E2CA73
Lighter +10%#D9BA49
Darker −10%#9C8120
Darker −20%#715E18
Darker −30%#473B0F
Darker −40%#1D1806
More saturated +25%#E4B50B
Less saturated −25%#A89347

Channel breakdown

R198
G164
B41
Red198 (77.6%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue41 (16.1%)
Hue47.01°
Saturation (HSL)65.69%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C6 · G A4 · B 29

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