Recognised as Colour

#CFC78A

#CFC78A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#CFC78A is a yellow with RGB values 207, 199, 138 and HSL 53°, 42%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#CFC78A#CFC78A

HEX#CFC78A

RGBrgb(207, 199, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.8118, 0.7804, 0.5412

RGB percentages81.2%, 78%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(53, 41.8%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 33.3%, 81.2%)

CMYK0%, 3.9%, 33.3%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,617,034

CSS custom property--colour: #CFC78A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.19:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#303875

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2C386no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5C78Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D9BFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.6 Burlywood · ΔE 13.8 Tan · ΔE 14.2 Wheat · ΔE 14.7 Navajo white · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A92CF

Analogous#CFA58A, #B5CF8A

Triadic#8ACFC7, #C78ACF

Split complementary#8AB5CF, #A48ACF

Tetradic#8ACFA5, #8A92CF, #CF8AB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFBF6

Lighter +20%#EDEAD2

Lighter +10%#DED8AE

Darker −10%#C0B666

Darker −20%#ACA147

Darker −30%#887F38

Darker −40%#645D29

More saturated +25%#E4D775

Less saturated −25%#BAB79F

Channel breakdown

R207

G199

B138

Red207 (81.2%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue53.04°

Saturation (HSL)41.82%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CF · G C7 · B 8A

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