Colour

#C9BC76

#C9BC76
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C9BC76 is a yellow with RGB values 201, 188, 118 and HSL 51°, 43%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C9BC76

RGBrgb(201, 188, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7373, 0.4627

RGB percentages78.8%, 73.7%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(50.6, 43.5%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 41.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 41.3%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,220,982

CSS custom property--colour: #C9BC76;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.94:1

Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#364389

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B871no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCBD79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D5B3ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 4.8 Burlywood · ΔE 14.3 Tan · ΔE 16.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.5 Khaki · ΔE 16.9 Navajo white · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 4.81, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7683C9

Analogous#C99376, #ACC976

Triadic#76C9BC, #BC76C9

Split complementary#76ACC9, #9376C9

Tetradic#76C993, #7683C9, #C976AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F2E4

Lighter +20%#E6E0BF

Lighter +10%#D7CE9B

Darker −10%#BBAA51

Darker −20%#9C8D3D

Darker −30%#776C2F

Darker −40%#524B21

More saturated +25%#E1CC5E

Less saturated −25%#B1AC8E

Channel breakdown

R201

G188

B118

Red201 (78.8%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue50.6°

Saturation (HSL)43.46%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G BC · B 76

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