Colour

#C7B779

#C7B779
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C7B779 is a yellow with RGB values 199, 183, 121 and HSL 48°, 41%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C7B779

RGBrgb(199, 183, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7176, 0.4745

RGB percentages78%, 71.8%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(47.7, 41.1%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.7, 39.2%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 39.2%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,088,633

CSS custom property--colour: #C7B779;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.48:1

Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#384886

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3B474no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7B97Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#D2AEA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text10.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8 Burlywood · ΔE 11.2 Tan · ΔE 12.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.4 Navajo white · ΔE 18.3 Wheat · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7989C7

Analogous#C79079, #B0C779

Triadic#79C7B7, #B779C7

Split complementary#79B0C7, #9079C7

Tetradic#79C790, #7989C7, #C779B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F1E5

Lighter +20%#E5DEC1

Lighter +10%#D6CA9D

Darker −10%#B8A455

Darker −20%#9A8740

Darker −30%#766831

Darker −40%#524822

More saturated +25%#DFC561

Less saturated −25%#AFA991

Channel breakdown

R199

G183

B121

Red199 (78%)

Green183 (71.8%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue47.69°

Saturation (HSL)41.05%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G B7 · B 79

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Colour values

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