Recognised as Colour

#C8BC89

#C8BC89
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Tan

#C8BC89 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 188, 137 and HSL 49°, 36%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#C8BC89#C8BC89

HEX#C8BC89

RGBrgb(200, 188, 137)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7373, 0.5373

RGB percentages78.4%, 73.7%, 53.7%

HSLhsl(48.6, 36.4%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 31.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 31.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,155,465

CSS custom property--colour: #C8BC89;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.01:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#374376

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6B986no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CABD8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D2B5AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 9.1 Burlywood · ΔE 10.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.3 Wheat · ΔE 14.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.9 Navajo white · ΔE 16.2

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8995C8

Analogous#C89C89, #B5C889

Triadic#89C8BC, #BC89C8

Split complementary#89B5C8, #9C89C8

Tetradic#89C89C, #8995C8, #C889B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F7F1

Lighter +20%#E8E4CF

Lighter +10%#D8D0AC

Darker −10%#B8A866

Darker −20%#A0904B

Darker −30%#7E713A

Darker −40%#5B512A

More saturated +25%#DEC973

Less saturated −25%#B2AF9F

Channel breakdown

R200

G188

B137

Red200 (78.4%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue137 (53.7%)

Hue48.57°

Saturation (HSL)36.42%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G BC · B 89

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C8BC89 (chemical formula)

Formula
1,175.877 g/mol
98 atoms

C8BC89 has a molar mass of 1,175.877 g/mol, made up of 98 atoms across 2 elements: 97 × C, 1 × B.

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Molar mass

Molar mass1,175.877 g/mol

Total atoms per molecule98

Distinct elements2

Mass of one molecule1.9525897 × 10^-21 g

Molecules per gram5.1214037 × 10^20

Name

NameNot in the name tablea name cannot be worked out from a formula alone: isomers share formulas, and naming depends on bonding the formula does not show

Composition by mass

C99.1%

B0.9%

Carbon (C × 97)1,165.067 g/mol, 99.081%

Boron (B)10.81 g/mol, 0.919%

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