Colour

#C9B860

#C9B860
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C9B860 is a yellow with RGB values 201, 184, 96 and HSL 50°, 49%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C9B860

RGBrgb(201, 184, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7216, 0.3765

RGB percentages78.8%, 72.2%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(50.3, 49.3%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 52.2%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.5%, 52.2%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,219,936

CSS custom property--colour: #C9B860;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.51:1

Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#36479F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7B458no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBBA64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D6ADA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8 Khaki · ΔE 16.3 Burlywood · ΔE 20.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Tan · ΔE 24.3 Navajo white · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6071C9

Analogous#C98460, #A5C960

Triadic#60C9B8, #B860C9

Split complementary#60A6C9, #8360C9

Tetradic#60C983, #6071C9, #C960A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFCF8

Lighter +30%#F0EBD2

Lighter +20%#E3DAAC

Lighter +10%#D6C986

Darker −10%#B8A43E

Darker −20%#928231

Darker −30%#6B6025

Darker −40%#453E18

More saturated +25%#E4CA45

Less saturated −25%#AEA67B

Channel breakdown

R201

G184

B96

Red201 (78.8%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue50.29°

Saturation (HSL)49.3%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G B8 · B 60

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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