Colour

#C8B123

#C8B123
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C8B123 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 177, 35 and HSL 52°, 70%, 46%. 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#C8B123

RGBrgb(200, 177, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6941, 0.1373

RGB percentages78.4%, 69.4%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(51.6, 70.2%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 82.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 82.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,152,547

CSS custom property--colour: #C8B123;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1

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

Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#374EDC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3AC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9B42Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#D8A398no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 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 text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Gold · ΔE 24.2 Olive · ΔE 24.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.2 Khaki · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 14.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#233AC8

Analogous#C85E23, #8DC823

Triadic#23C8B1, #B123C8

Split complementary#238DC8, #5E23C8

Tetradic#23C85E, #233AC8, #C8238D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4EDC3

Lighter +30%#EDE197

Lighter +20%#E5D46C

Lighter +10%#DEC840

Darker −10%#9D8B1B

Darker −20%#716414

Darker −30%#463E0C

Darker −40%#1A1705

More saturated +25%#E5C606

Less saturated −25%#AB9C40

Channel breakdown

R200

G177

B35

Red200 (78.4%)

Green177 (69.4%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue51.64°

Saturation (HSL)70.21%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G B1 · B 23

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Colour values

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