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Recognised as Colour

#C8B43D

  • #C8B43D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#C8B43D is a yellow with RGB values 200, 180, 61 and HSL 51°, 56%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C8B43D#C8B43D
HEX#C8B43D
RGBrgb(200, 180, 61)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7059, 0.2392
RGB percentages78.4%, 70.6%, 23.9%
HSLhsl(51.4, 55.8%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 69.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 69.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,153,341
CSS custom property--colour: #C8B43D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#374BC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5AF2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBB744no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#D7A79Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Dark khaki · ΔE 21.3Olive · ΔE 22.6Khaki · ΔE 23.3Gold · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3D51C8
Analogous#C86F3D, #96C83D
Triadic#3DC8B4, #B43DC8
Split complementary#3D97C8, #6E3DC8
Tetradic#3DC86E, #3D51C8, #C83D97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F1DC
Lighter +30%#EAE2B4
Lighter +20%#DFD38C
Lighter +10%#D3C365
Darker −10%#A4932E
Darker −20%#7C6F23
Darker −30%#544B18
Darker −40%#2C280D
More saturated +25%#E7CA1E
Less saturated −25%#A99E5C

Channel breakdown

R200
G180
B61
Red200 (78.4%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue61 (23.9%)
Hue51.37°
Saturation (HSL)55.82%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G B4 · B 3D

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