Colour

#C7B339

#C7B339
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C7B339 is a yellow with RGB values 199, 179, 57 and HSL 52°, 56%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#C7B339

RGBrgb(199, 179, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.702, 0.2235

RGB percentages78%, 70.2%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(51.5, 55.9%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 71.4%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 71.4%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,087,545

CSS custom property--colour: #C7B339;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.94:1

Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#384CC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4AE26no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAB641no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D6A69Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21 Olive · ΔE 22.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.4 Khaki · ΔE 24.4 Gold · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#394DC7

Analogous#C76C39, #94C739

Triadic#39C7B3, #B339C7

Split complementary#3994C7, #6C39C7

Tetradic#39C76C, #394DC7, #C73994

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F0D8

Lighter +30%#E9E1B0

Lighter +20%#DDD289

Lighter +10%#D2C261

Darker −10%#A0902D

Darker −20%#786C22

Darker −30%#504817

Darker −40%#29240B

More saturated +25%#E7CA19

Less saturated −25%#A79C59

Channel breakdown

R199

G179

B57

Red199 (78%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue51.55°

Saturation (HSL)55.91%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G B3 · B 39

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