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Recognised as Colour

#C7B33E

  • #C7B33E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#C7B33E is a yellow with RGB values 199, 179, 62 and HSL 51°, 55%, 51%. 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

#C7B33E#C7B33E
HEX#C7B33E
RGBrgb(199, 179, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.702, 0.2431
RGB percentages78%, 70.2%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(51.2, 55%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 68.8%, 78%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 68.8%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,087,550
CSS custom property--colour: #C7B33E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.95:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#384CC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4AE2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9B645no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D6A69Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 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 text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17.3Dark khaki · ΔE 20.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.1Olive · ΔE 22.2Khaki · ΔE 23.1Olivedrab · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E52C7
Analogous#C76E3E, #97C73E
Triadic#3EC7B3, #B33EC7
Split complementary#3E97C7, #6E3EC7
Tetradic#3EC76E, #3E52C7, #C73E97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F1DC
Lighter +30%#E9E2B5
Lighter +20%#DED28D
Lighter +10%#D2C366
Darker −10%#A3922F
Darker −20%#7B6E24
Darker −30%#544B18
Darker −40%#2C280D
More saturated +25%#E6C91F
Less saturated −25%#A89D5D

Channel breakdown

R199
G179
B62
Red199 (78%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue51.24°
Saturation (HSL)55.02%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C7 · G B3 · B 3E

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