Recognised as Colour

#C6B035

#C6B035
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C6B035 is a yellow with RGB values 198, 176, 53 and HSL 51°, 58%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C6B035#C6B035

HEX#C6B035

RGBrgb(198, 176, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.6902, 0.2078

RGB percentages77.6%, 69%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(50.9, 57.8%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 73.2%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.1%, 73.2%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,021,237

CSS custom property--colour: #C6B035;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.66:1

Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#394FCA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1AB20no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7B33Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D6A398no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 15.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Olive · ΔE 22 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.2 Khaki · ΔE 25.6 Gold · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#354BC6

Analogous#C66735, #94C635

Triadic#35C6B0, #B035C6

Split complementary#3594C6, #6735C6

Tetradic#35C667, #354BC6, #C63594

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3EFD4

Lighter +30%#E9DFAB

Lighter +20%#DED083

Lighter +10%#D3C15B

Darker −10%#9E8C2A

Darker −20%#76681F

Darker −30%#4D4515

Darker −40%#25210A

More saturated +25%#E5C616

Less saturated −25%#A79A54

Channel breakdown

R198

G176

B53

Red198 (77.6%)

Green176 (69%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue50.9°

Saturation (HSL)57.77%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G B0 · B 35

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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