Colour

#CBBC79

#CBBC79
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#CBBC79 is a yellow with RGB values 203, 188, 121 and HSL 49°, 44%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#CBBC79#CBBC79

HEX#CBBC79

RGBrgb(203, 188, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.7373, 0.4745

RGB percentages79.6%, 73.7%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(49, 44.1%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 40.4%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.4%, 40.4%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,352,057

CSS custom property--colour: #CBBC79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.01:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#344386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B974no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDBE7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D7B3ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.4 Burlywood · ΔE 12.7 Tan · ΔE 14.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.1 Khaki · ΔE 17.6 Navajo white · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7988CB

Analogous#CB9379, #B1CB79

Triadic#79CBBC, #BC79CB

Split complementary#79B1CB, #9379CB

Tetradic#79CB93, #7988CB, #CB79B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F3E7

Lighter +20%#E8E1C2

Lighter +10%#D9CE9E

Darker −10%#BDAA54

Darker −20%#A08E3E

Darker −30%#7B6D30

Darker −40%#564D22

More saturated +25%#E2CB62

Less saturated −25%#B4AD90

Channel breakdown

R203

G188

B121

Red203 (79.6%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue49.02°

Saturation (HSL)44.09%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G BC · B 79

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Colour values

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