Colour

#C7C470

#C7C470
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C7C470 is a yellow with RGB values 199, 196, 112 and HSL 58°, 44%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C7C470

RGBrgb(199, 196, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7686, 0.4392

RGB percentages78%, 76.9%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(57.9, 43.7%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.9, 43.7%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 1.5%, 43.7%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,091,952

CSS custom property--colour: #C7C470;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.56:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#383B8F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1BE69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2C274no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Tritanopia#D2BAB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.8 Khaki · ΔE 13 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18 Burlywood · ΔE 21.8 Tan · ΔE 24.2 Navajo white · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7073C7

Analogous#C79970, #9FC770

Triadic#70C7C4, #C470C7

Split complementary#709FC7, #9970C7

Tetradic#70C799, #7073C7, #C7709F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2F1DE

Lighter +20%#E4E2B9

Lighter +10%#D5D395

Darker −10%#B9B54B

Darker −20%#96933B

Darker −30%#726F2C

Darker −40%#4D4B1E

More saturated +25%#E0DB57

Less saturated −25%#AEAD89

Channel breakdown

R199

G196

B112

Red199 (78%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue57.93°

Saturation (HSL)43.72%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G C4 · B 70

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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