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#C4BE7A

#c4be7a ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c4be7a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 74.51% green and 47.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.06% magenta, 37.76% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 55.14°, with 38.54% saturation and 62.35% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 2.51.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4997

Complementary

  1. #c4be7a
  2. #7a80c4

Split complementary

  1. #c4be7a
  2. #7aa5c4
  3. #997ac4

Analogous

  1. #c4997a
  2. #c4be7a
  3. #a5c47a

Triadic

  1. #c4be7a
  2. #7ac4be
  3. #be7ac4

Tetradic

  1. #c4be7a
  2. #80c47a
  3. #7a80c4
  4. #be7ac4

Square

  1. #c4be7a
  2. #7ac499
  3. #7a80c4
  4. #c47aa5

Monochromatic

  1. #726d33
  2. #a7a04a
  3. #c4be7a
  4. #dcd8af
  5. #f3f2e4

Shades

#c4be7a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4be7a
  2. #b0ab6e
  3. #9d9862
  4. #898555
  5. #767249
  6. #625f3d
  7. #4e4c31
  8. #3b3925
  9. #272618
  10. #14130c
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4be7a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4be7a
  2. #cac587
  3. #d0cb95
  4. #d6d2a2
  5. #dcd8af
  6. #e2dfbd
  7. #e7e5ca
  8. #edecd7
  9. #f3f2e4
  10. #f9f9f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4be7a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4be7a
  2. #bdb87b
  3. #b6b27b
  4. #b0ab7c
  5. #a9a57c
  6. #a29f7d
  7. #9b997e
  8. #94937e
  9. #8e8c7f
  10. #87867f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfbca5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b975 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccbd7d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ceb5ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7bb77 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9be7c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cab99b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4be7a {
  color: #c4be7a;
}
Background
.bg-c4be7a {
  background-color: #c4be7a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4be7a {
  border: 2px solid #c4be7a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4be7a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 190 122;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 39% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4be7a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4be7a, #a5c47a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4be7a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 190 122 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 2.51 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.02 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.73 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.96 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.89 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.92 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 9.06 #3b4185 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#c4be7a  rgb(196, 190, 122)  hsl(55, 39%, 62%)  Dark Khaki
#7a80c4  rgb(122, 128, 196)  hsl(235, 39%, 62%)  Glaucous
#7ac4be  rgb(122, 196, 190)  hsl(175, 39%, 62%)  Medium Turquoise
#be7ac4  rgb(190, 122, 196)  hsl(295, 39%, 62%)  Orchid