Colour

#C6B977

#C6B977
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C6B977 is a yellow with RGB values 198, 185, 119 and HSL 50°, 41%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C6B977

RGBrgb(198, 185, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.7255, 0.4667

RGB percentages77.6%, 72.5%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(50.1, 40.9%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 39.9%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 39.9%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,023,607

CSS custom property--colour: #C6B977;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48036WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.61:1

Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#394688

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5B572no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9BA79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D1B0A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.9 Burlywood · ΔE 13.2 Tan · ΔE 14.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17 Khaki · ΔE 18.8 Navajo white · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7784C6

Analogous#C69277, #ACC677

Triadic#77C6B9, #B977C6

Split complementary#77ACC6, #9277C6

Tetradic#77C692, #7784C6, #C677AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3F0E3

Lighter +20%#E4DEBF

Lighter +10%#D5CB9B

Darker −10%#B7A753

Darker −20%#98893F

Darker −30%#746930

Darker −40%#504821

More saturated +25%#DEC95F

Less saturated −25%#AEA98F

Channel breakdown

R198

G185

B119

Red198 (77.6%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue50.13°

Saturation (HSL)40.93%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G B9 · B 77

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