Recognised as Colour

#C6C0AA

#C6C0AA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Silver

#C6C0AA is a yellow with RGB values 198, 192, 170 and HSL 47°, 20%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#C6C0AA#C6C0AA

HEX#C6C0AA

RGBrgb(198, 192, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.7529, 0.6667

RGB percentages77.6%, 75.3%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(47.1, 19.7%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 14.1%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 3%, 14.1%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,025,450

CSS custom property--colour: #C6C0AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.52:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#393F55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5BFA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7C1ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CBBCBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 12 Light grey · ΔE 13.8 Tan · ΔE 14.5 Dark grey · ΔE 14.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 15.7 Antique white · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 11.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AAB0C6

Analogous#C6B2AA, #BEC6AA

Triadic#AAC6C0, #C0AAC6

Split complementary#AABEC6, #B2AAC6

Tetradic#AAC6B2, #AAB0C6, #C6AABE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EFEDE7

Lighter +10%#DAD7C9

Darker −10%#B2A98B

Darker −20%#9D936D

Darker −30%#817856

Darker −40%#625B42

More saturated +25%#D8CA98

Less saturated −25%#B8B8B8

Channel breakdown

R198

G192

B170

Red198 (77.6%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue47.14°

Saturation (HSL)19.72%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G C0 · B AA

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Colour values

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