Recognised as Colour

#CBAD48

#CBAD48
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#CBAD48 is a yellow with RGB values 203, 173, 72 and HSL 46°, 56%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#CBAD48#CBAD48

HEX#CBAD48

RGBrgb(203, 173, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.6784, 0.2824

RGB percentages79.6%, 67.8%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(46.3, 55.7%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.3, 64.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 14.8%, 64.5%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,348,168

CSS custom property--colour: #CBAD48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.61:1

Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#3452B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BEAA3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6B34Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DBA097no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.2 Khaki · ΔE 22.6 Olive · ΔE 23.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4866CB

Analogous#CB6C48, #A7CB48

Triadic#48CBAD, #AD48CB

Split complementary#48A8CB, #6B48CB

Tetradic#48CB6C, #4866CB, #CB48A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F4E7

Lighter +30%#EDE2BF

Lighter +20%#E2D197

Lighter +10%#D6BF70

Darker −10%#AE9232

Darker −20%#877126

Darker −30%#5F4F1B

Darker −40%#372E10

More saturated +25%#E8BD2B

Less saturated −25%#AE9D65

Channel breakdown

R203

G173

B72

Red203 (79.6%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue46.26°

Saturation (HSL)55.74%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G AD · B 48

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Colour values

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