Colour

#C9B862

#C9B862
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C9B862 is a yellow with RGB values 201, 184, 98 and HSL 50°, 49%, 59%. 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#C9B862

RGBrgb(201, 184, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7216, 0.3843

RGB percentages78.8%, 72.2%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(50.1, 48.8%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 51.2%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.5%, 51.2%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,219,938

CSS custom property--colour: #C9B862;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.52:1

Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#36479D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7B45Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBBA66no 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 39.9 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 text10.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7.2 Khaki · ΔE 16.2 Burlywood · ΔE 19.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.1 Tan · ΔE 23.4 Navajo white · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6273C9

Analogous#C98562, #A7C962

Triadic#62C9B8, #B862C9

Split complementary#62A7C9, #8462C9

Tetradic#62C984, #6273C9, #C962A7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFDFA

Lighter +30%#F0EBD4

Lighter +20%#E3DAAE

Lighter +10%#D6C988

Darker −10%#B9A53F

Darker −20%#938332

Darker −30%#6D6125

Darker −40%#473F18

More saturated +25%#E3CA48

Less saturated −25%#AFA67C

Channel breakdown

R201

G184

B98

Red201 (78.8%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue50.1°

Saturation (HSL)48.82%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G B8 · B 62

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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