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#C6C170

#c6c170 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c6c170 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 75.69% green and 43.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.53% magenta, 43.43% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 56.51°, with 43% saturation and 60.78% 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 11.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 2.68.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5132

Complementary

  1. #c6c170
  2. #7075c6

Split complementary

  1. #c6c170
  2. #70a0c6
  3. #9670c6

Analogous

  1. #c69670
  2. #c6c170
  3. #a0c670

Triadic

  1. #c6c170
  2. #70c6c1
  3. #c170c6

Tetradic

  1. #c6c170
  2. #75c670
  3. #7075c6
  4. #c170c6

Square

  1. #c6c170
  2. #70c696
  3. #7075c6
  4. #c670a0

Monochromatic

  1. #706c2d
  2. #a7a143
  3. #c6c170
  4. #dcd9a7
  5. #f2f0dd

Shades

#c6c170 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c6c170
  2. #b2ae65
  3. #9e9a5a
  4. #8b874e
  5. #777443
  6. #636138
  7. #4f4d2d
  8. #3b3a22
  9. #282716
  10. #14130b
  11. #000000

Tints

#c6c170 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c6c170
  2. #ccc77e
  3. #d1cd8d
  4. #d7d49b
  5. #dddaa9
  6. #e3e0b8
  7. #e8e6c6
  8. #eeecd4
  9. #f4f3e2
  10. #f9f9f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c6c170 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c6c170
  2. #bfbb72
  3. #b8b473
  4. #b1ae75
  5. #aaa776
  6. #a3a178
  7. #9c9a7a
  8. #95947b
  9. #8e8d7d
  10. #87877e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1bfa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cebc69 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0c074 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d1b7ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbbe6c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccc072 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cdbb99 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c6c170 {
  color: #c6c170;
}
Background
.bg-c6c170 {
  background-color: #c6c170;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c6c170 {
  border: 2px solid #c6c170;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c6c170;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 193 112;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 43% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c6c170 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6c170, #a0c670);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c6c170 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 193 112 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 2.68 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.27 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.15 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.36 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.76 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 8.01 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.34 #393e8f Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#c6c170  rgb(198, 193, 112)  hsl(57, 43%, 61%)  Dark Khaki
#7075c6  rgb(112, 117, 198)  hsl(237, 43%, 61%)  Glaucous
#70c6c1  rgb(112, 198, 193)  hsl(177, 43%, 61%)  Medium Turquoise
#c170c6  rgb(193, 112, 198)  hsl(297, 43%, 61%)  Orchid