Colour

#CEB849

#CEB849
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#CEB849 is a yellow with RGB values 206, 184, 73 and HSL 50°, 58%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#CEB849#CEB849

HEX#CEB849

RGBrgb(206, 184, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7216, 0.2863

RGB percentages80.8%, 72.2%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(50.1, 57.6%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 64.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 64.6%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,547,593

CSS custom property--colour: #CEB849;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.58:1

Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#3147B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B43Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFBB4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#DDABA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.2 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 text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 18.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.5 Khaki · ΔE 20.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.1 Olive · ΔE 24.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 18.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#495FCE

Analogous#CE7549, #A2CE49

Triadic#49CEB8, #B849CE

Split complementary#49A1CE, #7649CE

Tetradic#49CE75, #495FCE, #CE49A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F7EA

Lighter +30%#EEE7C2

Lighter +20%#E4D799

Lighter +10%#D9C871

Darker −10%#B49E30

Darker −20%#8B7B26

Darker −30%#63571B

Darker −40%#3B3410

More saturated +25%#EBCB2C

Less saturated −25%#B1A566

Channel breakdown

R206

G184

B73

Red206 (80.8%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue50.08°

Saturation (HSL)57.58%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G B8 · B 49

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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