Recognised as Colour
#C7B22A
- #C7B22A
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Goldenrod
#C7B22A is a yellow with RGB values 199, 178, 42 and HSL 52°, 65%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.
Colour values
#C7B22A#C7B22A
HEX#C7B22A
RGBrgb(199, 178, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.698, 0.1647
RGB percentages78%, 69.8%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(52, 65.1%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 78.9%, 78%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 78.9%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,087,274
CSS custom property--colour: #C7B22A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.4415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.83:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#384DD5
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2A3FC7
Analogous#C7642A, #8DC72A
Triadic#2AC7B2, #B22AC7
Split complementary#2A8DC7, #642AC7
Tetradic#2AC764, #2A3FC7, #C72A8D
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R199
G178
B42
Red199 (78%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue51.97°
Saturation (HSL)65.15%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C7 · G B2 · B 2A
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