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Colour

#C8B340

  • #C8B340
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#C8B340 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 179, 64 and HSL 51°, 55%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C8B340#C8B340
HEX#C8B340
RGBrgb(200, 179, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.702, 0.251
RGB percentages78.4%, 70.2%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(50.7, 55.3%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 68%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 10.5%, 68%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,153,088
CSS custom property--colour: #C8B340;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.98:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#374CBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4AE30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAB647no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D7A69Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17.2Dark khaki · ΔE 20Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.8Olive · ΔE 22.4Khaki · ΔE 22.7Olivedrab · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4055C8
Analogous#C86F40, #99C840
Triadic#40C8B3, #B340C8
Split complementary#4099C8, #6F40C8
Tetradic#40C86F, #4055C8, #C84099

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F2DE
Lighter +30%#EAE2B7
Lighter +20%#DFD38F
Lighter +10%#D3C368
Darker −10%#A59330
Darker −20%#7E7024
Darker −30%#564D19
Darker −40%#2F290D
More saturated +25%#E7C821
Less saturated −25%#A99E5F

Channel breakdown

R200
G179
B64
Red200 (78.4%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue50.74°
Saturation (HSL)55.28%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G B3 · B 40

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