Recognised as Colour

#C7B10E

#C7B10E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C7B10E is a yellow with RGB values 199, 177, 14 and HSL 53°, 87%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#C7B10E

RGBrgb(199, 177, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.6941, 0.0549

RGB percentages78%, 69.4%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(52.9, 86.9%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 93%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 11.1%, 93%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,086,990

CSS custom property--colour: #C7B10E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.72:1

Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#384EF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3AC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9B422no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D7A397no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 15.5 Gold · ΔE 21.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Olive · ΔE 26.4 Orange · ΔE 31.3 Yellow green · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E24C7

Analogous#C7540E, #80C70E

Triadic#0EC7B1, #B10EC7

Split complementary#0E80C7, #540EC7

Tetradic#0EC755, #0E24C7, #C70E81

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9EFA8

Lighter +30%#F6E778

Lighter +20%#F2DE49

Lighter +10%#EFD519

Darker −10%#97870B

Darker −20%#685C07

Darker −30%#383204

Darker −40%#080701

More saturated +25%#D5BC00

Less saturated −25%#AC9D29

Channel breakdown

R199

G177

B14

Red199 (78%)

Green177 (69.4%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue52.86°

Saturation (HSL)86.85%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G B1 · B 0E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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