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Colour

#C9BA78

  • #C9BA78
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#C9BA78 is a yellow with RGB values 201, 186, 120 and HSL 49°, 43%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C9BA78#C9BA78
HEX#C9BA78
RGBrgb(201, 186, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7294, 0.4706
RGB percentages78.8%, 72.9%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(48.9, 42.9%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 40.3%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 7.5%, 40.3%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,220,472
CSS custom property--colour: #C9BA78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.78:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#364587

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6B773no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBBC7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D5B1A9no 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 text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.4Burlywood · ΔE 12.5Tan · ΔE 14.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.7Khaki · ΔE 18.4Navajo white · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7887C9
Analogous#C99278, #AFC978
Triadic#78C9BA, #BA78C9
Split complementary#78AFC9, #9278C9
Tetradic#78C992, #7887C9, #C978B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F2E5
Lighter +20%#E6DFC1
Lighter +10%#D8CD9C
Darker −10%#BAA754
Darker −20%#9C8B3F
Darker −30%#786B30
Darker −40%#544A21
More saturated +25%#E1C960
Less saturated −25%#B1AB90

Channel breakdown

R201
G186
B120
Red201 (78.8%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue48.89°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G BA · B 78

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