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Recognised as Colour

#C7AA4E

  • #C7AA4E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#C7AA4E is a yellow with RGB values 199, 170, 78 and HSL 46°, 52%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C7AA4E#C7AA4E
HEX#C7AA4E
RGBrgb(199, 170, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.6667, 0.3059
RGB percentages78%, 66.7%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(45.6, 51.9%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.6, 60.8%, 78%)
CMYK0%, 14.6%, 60.8%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,085,262
CSS custom property--colour: #C7AA4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#3855B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBA844no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2B052no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D69E96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.6Goldenrod · ΔE 20.5Khaki · ΔE 22.3Burlywood · ΔE 22.5Olive · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E6BC7
Analogous#C76E4E, #A7C74E
Triadic#4EC7AA, #AA4EC7
Split complementary#4EA8C7, #6E4EC7
Tetradic#4EC76E, #4E6BC7, #C74EA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F4E9
Lighter +30%#ECE2C2
Lighter +20%#E0CF9B
Lighter +10%#D3BD75
Darker −10%#AC9036
Darker −20%#856F2A
Darker −30%#5E4F1E
Darker −40%#372E12
More saturated +25%#E4B931
Less saturated −25%#AA9B6B

Channel breakdown

R199
G170
B78
Red199 (78%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue45.62°
Saturation (HSL)51.93%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C7 · G AA · B 4E

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