Colour

#C9B877

#C9B877
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C9B877 is a yellow with RGB values 201, 184, 119 and HSL 48°, 43%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C9B877

RGBrgb(201, 184, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7216, 0.4667

RGB percentages78.8%, 72.2%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(47.6, 43.2%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 40.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.5%, 40.8%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,219,959

CSS custom property--colour: #C9B877;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.61:1

Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#364788

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5B572no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9BB79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D5AFA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7.1 Burlywood · ΔE 11.6 Tan · ΔE 13.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Navajo white · ΔE 18.4 Wheat · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7788C9

Analogous#C98F77, #B1C977

Triadic#77C9B8, #B877C9

Split complementary#77B1C9, #8F77C9

Tetradic#77C98F, #7788C9, #C977B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F1E5

Lighter +20%#E6DEC0

Lighter +10%#D7CB9C

Darker −10%#BBA552

Darker −20%#9C893E

Darker −30%#78692F

Darker −40%#534921

More saturated +25%#E1C65F

Less saturated −25%#B1AA8F

Channel breakdown

R201

G184

B119

Red201 (78.8%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue47.56°

Saturation (HSL)43.16%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G B8 · B 77

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