Recognised as Colour

#C8A627

#C8A627
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C8A627 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 166, 39 and HSL 47°, 67%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#C8A627

RGBrgb(200, 166, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.651, 0.1529

RGB percentages78.4%, 65.1%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(47.3, 67.4%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 80.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 17%, 80.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,149,735

CSS custom property--colour: #C8A627;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.94:1

Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#3759D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9A302no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1AD30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D9988Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 9.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14 Olive · ΔE 23.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.3 Peru · ΔE 28 Orange · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 9.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2749C8

Analogous#C85527, #9AC827

Triadic#27C8A6, #A627C8

Split complementary#279AC8, #5527C8

Tetradic#27C855, #2749C8, #C8279A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4EBC7

Lighter +30%#ECDB9C

Lighter +20%#E3CB72

Lighter +10%#DBBC47

Darker −10%#9D831F

Darker −20%#735F16

Darker −30%#483C0E

Darker −40%#1D1806

More saturated +25%#E6B709

Less saturated −25%#AA9545

Channel breakdown

R200

G166

B39

Red200 (78.4%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue47.33°

Saturation (HSL)67.36%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G A6 · B 27

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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