Colour

#C7B446

#C7B446
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C7B446 is a yellow with RGB values 199, 180, 70 and HSL 51°, 54%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C7B446

RGBrgb(199, 180, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7059, 0.2745

RGB percentages78%, 70.6%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(51.2, 53.5%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 64.8%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 64.8%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,087,814

CSS custom property--colour: #C7B446;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1

Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#384BB9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4AF39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAB64Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D6A89Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.1 Khaki · ΔE 21.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Olive · ΔE 22.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4659C7

Analogous#C77446, #99C746

Triadic#46C7B4, #B446C7

Split complementary#469AC7, #7346C7

Tetradic#46C774, #4659C7, #C7469A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F3E3

Lighter +30%#EBE4BB

Lighter +20%#DFD494

Lighter +10%#D3C46D

Darker −10%#A79633

Darker −20%#807327

Darker −30%#59501B

Darker −40%#322D0F

More saturated +25%#E5C928

Less saturated −25%#A99F64

Channel breakdown

R199

G180

B70

Red199 (78%)

Green180 (70.6%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue51.16°

Saturation (HSL)53.53%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G B4 · B 46

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Colour values

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