Colour

#C8B54F

#C8B54F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C8B54F is a yellow with RGB values 200, 181, 79 and HSL 51°, 52%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C8B54F#C8B54F

HEX#C8B54F

RGBrgb(200, 181, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7098, 0.3098

RGB percentages78.4%, 71%, 31%

HSLhsl(50.6, 52.4%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 60.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 60.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,153,615

CSS custom property--colour: #C8B54F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.18:1

Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#374AB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5B144no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAB754no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D6A99Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.3 Khaki · ΔE 19.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.1 Olive · ΔE 23.1 Burlywood · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F62C8

Analogous#C8794F, #9EC84F

Triadic#4FC8B5, #B54FC8

Split complementary#4F9EC8, #794FC8

Tetradic#4FC879, #4F62C8, #C84F9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F6EA

Lighter +30%#ECE6C4

Lighter +20%#E0D69D

Lighter +10%#D4C576

Darker −10%#AE9B36

Darker −20%#87782A

Darker −30%#60561E

Darker −40%#393312

More saturated +25%#E5C932

Less saturated −25%#ABA16C

Channel breakdown

R200

G181

B79

Red200 (78.4%)

Green181 (71%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue50.58°

Saturation (HSL)52.38%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G B5 · B 4F

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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