Colour

#C8AE44

#C8AE44
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C8AE44 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 174, 68 and HSL 48°, 55%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C8AE44#C8AE44

HEX#C8AE44

RGBrgb(200, 174, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6824, 0.2667

RGB percentages78.4%, 68.2%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(48.2, 54.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 66%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 13%, 66%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,151,812

CSS custom property--colour: #C8AE44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.59:1

Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#3751BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFAB37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6B349no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D7A198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.8 Olive · ΔE 22.2 Khaki · ΔE 22.7 Peru · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#445EC8

Analogous#C86C44, #A0C844

Triadic#44C8AE, #AE44C8

Split complementary#44A0C8, #6C44C8

Tetradic#44C86C, #445EC8, #C844A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F2E2

Lighter +30%#EBE1BA

Lighter +20%#DFD093

Lighter +10%#D4BF6B

Darker −10%#A89031

Darker −20%#806E26

Darker −30%#594D1A

Darker −40%#312B0F

More saturated +25%#E6C026

Less saturated −25%#AA9C62

Channel breakdown

R200

G174

B68

Red200 (78.4%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue48.18°

Saturation (HSL)54.55%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G AE · B 44

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Colour values

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