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Recognised as Colour

#C9B54E

  • #C9B54E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#C9B54E is a yellow with RGB values 201, 181, 78 and HSL 50°, 53%, 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

#C9B54E#C9B54E
HEX#C9B54E
RGBrgb(201, 181, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7098, 0.3059
RGB percentages78.8%, 71%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(50.2, 53.2%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 61.2%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 61.2%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,219,150
CSS custom property--colour: #C9B54E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.2:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#364AB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5B143no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBB853no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D8A99Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 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 text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.9Khaki · ΔE 19.3Goldenrod · ΔE 20.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.7Olive · ΔE 23.2Burlywood · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E62C9
Analogous#C9784E, #A0C94E
Triadic#4EC9B5, #B54EC9
Split complementary#4EA0C9, #784EC9
Tetradic#4EC978, #4E62C9, #C94E9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F6EA
Lighter +30%#EDE6C3
Lighter +20%#E1D69C
Lighter +10%#D5C575
Darker −10%#AF9B35
Darker −20%#887829
Darker −30%#61561D
Darker −40%#393312
More saturated +25%#E6C831
Less saturated −25%#ACA26B

Channel breakdown

R201
G181
B78
Red201 (78.8%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue50.24°
Saturation (HSL)53.25%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G B5 · B 4E

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