Colour

#C6BFA2

#C6BFA2
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Tan

#C6BFA2 is a yellow with RGB values 198, 191, 162 and HSL 48°, 24%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#C6BFA2#C6BFA2

HEX#C6BFA2

RGBrgb(198, 191, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.749, 0.6353

RGB percentages77.6%, 74.9%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(48.3, 24%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 18.2%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 3.5%, 18.2%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,025,186

CSS custom property--colour: #C6BFA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.38:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#39405D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5BDA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7C0A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CCBBB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.8 Wheat · ΔE 15.3 Silver · ΔE 15.7 Bisque · ΔE 16.7 Peach puff · ΔE 16.9 Burlywood · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A2A9C6

Analogous#C6ADA2, #BBC6A2

Triadic#A2C6BF, #BFA2C6

Split complementary#A2BBC6, #ADA2C6

Tetradic#A2C6AD, #A2A9C6, #C6A2BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EDEBE1

Lighter +10%#D9D5C2

Darker −10%#B3A982

Darker −20%#9F9363

Darker −30%#80774F

Darker −40%#61593B

More saturated +25%#D9CA8F

Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R198

G191

B162

Red198 (77.6%)

Green191 (74.9%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue48.33°

Saturation (HSL)24%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G BF · B A2

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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