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Recognised as Colour

#C6BD87

  • #C6BD87
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Tan

#C6BD87 is a yellow with RGB values 198, 189, 135 and HSL 51°, 36%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#C6BD87#C6BD87
HEX#C6BD87
RGBrgb(198, 189, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.7412, 0.5294
RGB percentages77.6%, 74.1%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(51.4, 35.6%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 31.8%, 77.6%)
CMYK0%, 4.5%, 31.8%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,024,647
CSS custom property--colour: #C6BD87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#394278

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7BA83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CABD89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CFB6AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11Dark khaki · ΔE 11.7Burlywood · ΔE 12.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.3Wheat · ΔE 15.4Navajo white · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8790C6
Analogous#C69E87, #B0C687
Triadic#87C6BD, #BD87C6
Split complementary#87B0C6, #9E87C6
Tetradic#87C69E, #8790C6, #C687AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F6EF
Lighter +20%#E7E3CC
Lighter +10%#D6D0AA
Darker −10%#B6AA64
Darker −20%#9D914A
Darker −30%#7A713A
Darker −40%#57512A
More saturated +25%#DCCD71
Less saturated −25%#B0AD9D

Channel breakdown

R198
G189
B135
Red198 (77.6%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue51.43°
Saturation (HSL)35.59%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C6 · G BD · B 87

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