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Recognised as Colour

#C8AA1C

  • #C8AA1C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#C8AA1C is a yellow with RGB values 200, 170, 28 and HSL 50°, 75%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C8AA1C#C8AA1C
HEX#C8AA1C
RGBrgb(200, 170, 28)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6667, 0.1098
RGB percentages78.4%, 66.7%, 11%
HSLhsl(49.5, 75.4%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 86%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 15%, 86%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,150,748
CSS custom property--colour: #C8AA1C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#3755E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDA600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B028no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D99C91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 10.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3Olive · ΔE 24.4Gold · ΔE 25Orange · ΔE 28.5Dark khaki · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 10.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C3AC8
Analogous#C8541C, #90C81C
Triadic#1CC8AA, #AA1CC8
Split complementary#1C90C8, #541CC8
Tetradic#1CC854, #1C3AC8, #C81C90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5EBBB
Lighter +30%#EFDE8E
Lighter +20%#E9D161
Lighter +10%#E3C434
Darker −10%#9B8416
Darker −20%#6F5E0F
Darker −30%#423809
Darker −40%#151203
More saturated +25%#E4BC00
Less saturated −25%#AC9738

Channel breakdown

R200
G170
B28
Red200 (78.4%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue28 (11%)
Hue49.53°
Saturation (HSL)75.44%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G AA · B 1C

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