Colour

#C6B97E

#C6B97E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C6B97E is a yellow with RGB values 198, 185, 126 and HSL 49°, 39%, 64%. 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#C6B97E

RGBrgb(198, 185, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.7255, 0.4941

RGB percentages77.6%, 72.5%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(49.2, 38.7%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 36.4%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 36.4%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,023,614

CSS custom property--colour: #C6B97E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.4 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#B8B8B8

Inverted#394681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4B67Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8BB80no 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 27.9 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 9.1 Burlywood · ΔE 11.4 Tan · ΔE 11.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.5 Wheat · ΔE 17.2 Navajo white · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E8BC6

Analogous#C6957E, #AFC67E

Triadic#7EC6B9, #B97EC6

Split complementary#7EAFC6, #957EC6

Tetradic#7EC695, #7E8BC6, #C67EAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F3E8

Lighter +20%#E5DFC5

Lighter +10%#D6CCA1

Darker −10%#B6A65B

Darker −20%#9A8A44

Darker −30%#776B34

Darker −40%#534B25

More saturated +25%#DDC867

Less saturated −25%#AFAA95

Channel breakdown

R198

G185

B126

Red198 (77.6%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue49.17°

Saturation (HSL)38.71%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G B9 · B 7E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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