Recognised as Colour
#C7A228
- #C7A228
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Goldenrod
#C7A228 is a yellow with RGB values 199, 162, 40 and HSL 46°, 67%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.
Colour values
#C7A228#C7A228
HEX#C7A228
RGBrgb(199, 162, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.6353, 0.1569
RGB percentages78%, 63.5%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(46, 66.5%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46, 79.9%, 78%)
CMYK0%, 18.6%, 79.9%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,083,176
CSS custom property--colour: #C7A228;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.38136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.63:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#385DD7
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#284DC7
Analogous#C75328, #9CC728
Triadic#28C7A2, #A228C7
Split complementary#289CC7, #5328C7
Tetradic#28C753, #284DC7, #C7289C
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R199
G162
B40
Red199 (78%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue46.04°
Saturation (HSL)66.53%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C7 · G A2 · B 28
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