Colour

#C6B97D

#C6B97D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C6B97D is a yellow with RGB values 198, 185, 125 and HSL 49°, 39%, 63%. 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#C6B97D

RGBrgb(198, 185, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.7255, 0.4902

RGB percentages77.6%, 72.5%, 49%

HSLhsl(49.3, 39%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 36.9%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 36.9%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,023,613

CSS custom property--colour: #C6B97D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.64:1

Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#394682

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4B679no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8BB7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D1B1AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.6 Burlywood · ΔE 11.6 Tan · ΔE 12 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.5 Wheat · ΔE 17.5 Navajo white · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.63, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D8AC6

Analogous#C6947D, #AFC67D

Triadic#7DC6B9, #B97DC6

Split complementary#7DAFC6, #947DC6

Tetradic#7DC694, #7D8AC6, #C67DAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F2E7

Lighter +20%#E5DFC4

Lighter +10%#D6CCA0

Darker −10%#B6A65A

Darker −20%#9A8A43

Darker −30%#766A34

Darker −40%#534A24

More saturated +25%#DDC866

Less saturated −25%#AFAA94

Channel breakdown

R198

G185

B125

Red198 (77.6%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue49.32°

Saturation (HSL)39.04%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G B9 · B 7D

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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