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Recognised as Colour

#CAB20D

  • #CAB20D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#CAB20D is a yellow with RGB values 202, 178, 13 and HSL 52°, 88%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#CAB20D#CAB20D
HEX#CAB20D
RGBrgb(202, 178, 13)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.698, 0.051
RGB percentages79.2%, 69.8%, 5.1%
HSLhsl(52.4, 87.9%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 93.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK0%, 11.9%, 93.6%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,283,853
CSS custom property--colour: #CAB20D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.89:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#354DF2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5AD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBB622no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#DBA398no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 15Gold · ΔE 20.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23Olive · ΔE 27.4Orange · ΔE 30.3Yellow green · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0D25CA
Analogous#CA540D, #83CA0D
Triadic#0DCAB2, #B20DCA
Split complementary#0D83CA, #540DCA
Tetradic#0DCA54, #0D25CA, #CA0D83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9EFAA
Lighter +30%#F6E77A
Lighter +20%#F3DE4A
Lighter +10%#F0D51A
Darker −10%#9A880A
Darker −20%#6A5E07
Darker −30%#3A3304
Darker −40%#0A0901
More saturated +25%#D7BC00
Less saturated −25%#AF9E28

Channel breakdown

R202
G178
B13
Red202 (79.2%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue13 (5.1%)
Hue52.38°
Saturation (HSL)87.91%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CA · G B2 · B 0D

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