Recognised as Colour

#C7BD84

#C7BD84
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C7BD84 is a yellow with RGB values 199, 189, 132 and HSL 51°, 37%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C7BD84#C7BD84

HEX#C7BD84

RGBrgb(199, 189, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7412, 0.5176

RGB percentages78%, 74.1%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(51, 37.4%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 33.7%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 5%, 33.7%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,090,180

CSS custom property--colour: #C7BD84;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.04:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#38427B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8BA80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBBE86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D1B5AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.3 Tan · ΔE 11.7 Burlywood · ΔE 12.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.1 Wheat · ΔE 15.9 Navajo white · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#848EC7

Analogous#C79B84, #B0C784

Triadic#84C7BD, #BD84C7

Split complementary#84B0C7, #9C84C7

Tetradic#84C79B, #848EC7, #C784B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F5ED

Lighter +20%#E7E3CA

Lighter +10%#D7D0A7

Darker −10%#B7AA61

Darker −20%#9D9148

Darker −30%#7A7038

Darker −40%#575028

More saturated +25%#DDCD6E

Less saturated −25%#B1AD9A

Channel breakdown

R199

G189

B132

Red199 (78%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue51.04°

Saturation (HSL)37.43%

Lightness64.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G BD · B 84

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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