Colour

#CBB851

#CBB851
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#CBB851 is a yellow with RGB values 203, 184, 81 and HSL 51°, 54%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#CBB851#CBB851

HEX#CBB851

RGBrgb(203, 184, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.7216, 0.3176

RGB percentages79.6%, 72.2%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(50.7, 54%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 60.1%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 60.1%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,350,993

CSS custom property--colour: #CBB851;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.51:1

Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#3447AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8B346no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDBA56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DAACA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.6 Khaki · ΔE 18.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Olive · ΔE 24 Burlywood · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5164CB

Analogous#CB7B51, #A1CB51

Triadic#51CBB8, #B851CB

Split complementary#51A1CB, #7B51CB

Tetradic#51CB7B, #5164CB, #CB51A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF8EE

Lighter +30%#EEE8C7

Lighter +20%#E2D8A0

Lighter +10%#D7C878

Darker −10%#B3A036

Darker −20%#8C7D2A

Darker −30%#655A1E

Darker −40%#3E3712

More saturated +25%#E7CB35

Less saturated −25%#AFA56D

Channel breakdown

R203

G184

B81

Red203 (79.6%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue50.66°

Saturation (HSL)53.98%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G B8 · B 51

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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