Colour

#C7BF5B

#C7BF5B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C7BF5B is a yellow with RGB values 199, 191, 91 and HSL 56°, 49%, 57%. 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

#C7BF5B#C7BF5B

HEX#C7BF5B

RGBrgb(199, 191, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.749, 0.3569

RGB percentages78%, 74.9%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(55.6, 49.1%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 54.3%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 4%, 54.3%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,090,651

CSS custom property--colour: #C7BF5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1

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

Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#3840A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CEB951no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1BE60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D4B4A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 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 text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.8 Khaki · ΔE 15.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.9 Olive · ΔE 25.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Burlywood · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B63C7

Analogous#C7895B, #99C75B

Triadic#5BC7BF, #BF5BC7

Split complementary#5B99C7, #895BC7

Tetradic#5BC789, #5B63C7, #C75B99

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFAF3

Lighter +30%#EEECCD

Lighter +20%#E1DDA7

Lighter +10%#D4CE81

Darker −10%#B2A93D

Darker −20%#8C8530

Darker −30%#666123

Darker −40%#403D16

More saturated +25%#E3D63F

Less saturated −25%#ABA877

Channel breakdown

R199

G191

B91

Red199 (78%)

Green191 (74.9%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue55.56°

Saturation (HSL)49.09%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G BF · B 5B

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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