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Recognised as Colour

#CCB84E

  • #CCB84E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#CCB84E is a yellow with RGB values 204, 184, 78 and HSL 50°, 55%, 55%. 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

#CCB84E#CCB84E
HEX#CCB84E
RGBrgb(204, 184, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7216, 0.3059
RGB percentages80%, 72.2%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(50.5, 55.3%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 61.8%, 80%)
CMYK0%, 9.8%, 61.8%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,416,526
CSS custom property--colour: #CCB84E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.53:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#3347B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9B342no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEBB53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#DBACA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1Khaki · ΔE 19Goldenrod · ΔE 20Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.1Olive · ΔE 24Burlywood · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E62CC
Analogous#CC794E, #A1CC4E
Triadic#4ECCB8, #B84ECC
Split complementary#4EA1CC, #794ECC
Tetradic#4ECC79, #4E62CC, #CC4EA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF8EC
Lighter +30%#EEE8C5
Lighter +20%#E3D89D
Lighter +10%#D7C876
Darker −10%#B39F34
Darker −20%#8C7C28
Darker −30%#64591D
Darker −40%#3D3611
More saturated +25%#E9CB32
Less saturated −25%#B0A56B

Channel breakdown

R204
G184
B78
Red204 (80%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue50.48°
Saturation (HSL)55.26%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CC · G B8 · B 4E

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