Recognised as Colour

#C8B045

#C8B045
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C8B045 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 176, 69 and HSL 49°, 54%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#C8B045

RGBrgb(200, 176, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6902, 0.2706

RGB percentages78.4%, 69%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(49, 54.4%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 65.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 12%, 65.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,152,325

CSS custom property--colour: #C8B045;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1

Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#374FBA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1AC38no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7B44Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D7A39Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.8 Khaki · ΔE 22 Olive · ΔE 22.3 Peru · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#455DC8

Analogous#C86E45, #9FC845

Triadic#45C8B0, #B045C8

Split complementary#459FC8, #6E45C8

Tetradic#45C86E, #455DC8, #C8459F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F3E2

Lighter +30%#EBE2BB

Lighter +20%#DFD194

Lighter +10%#D4C16C

Darker −10%#A89332

Darker −20%#817026

Darker −30%#5A4E1A

Darker −40%#322C0F

More saturated +25%#E6C327

Less saturated −25%#AA9D63

Channel breakdown

R200

G176

B69

Red200 (78.4%)

Green176 (69%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue49.01°

Saturation (HSL)54.36%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G B0 · B 45

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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