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Recognised as Colour

#C9C37E

  • #C9C37E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#C9C37E is a yellow with RGB values 201, 195, 126 and HSL 55°, 41%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C9C37E#C9C37E
HEX#C9C37E
RGBrgb(201, 195, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7647, 0.4941
RGB percentages78.8%, 76.5%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(55.2, 41%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.2, 37.3%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 3%, 37.3%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,222,782
CSS custom property--colour: #C9C37E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#363C81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFBE79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1C281no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D3BAB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14Khaki · ΔE 15.7Burlywood · ΔE 16.1Tan · ΔE 17.4Wheat · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E84C9
Analogous#C99D7E, #AAC97E
Triadic#7EC9C3, #C37EC9
Split complementary#7EA9C9, #9E7EC9
Tetradic#7EC99D, #7E84C9, #C97EA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F5EA
Lighter +20%#E7E4C6
Lighter +10%#D8D4A2
Darker −10%#BAB25A
Darker −20%#9F9742
Darker −30%#7B7533
Darker −40%#575324
More saturated +25%#E0D667
Less saturated −25%#B2B095

Channel breakdown

R201
G195
B126
Red201 (78.8%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue55.2°
Saturation (HSL)40.98%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G C3 · B 7E

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