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#C6C36D

#c6c36d ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c6c36d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 76.47% green and 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.52% magenta, 44.95% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 57.98°, with 43.84% saturation and 60.2% 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 11.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 3.4.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5214

Complementary

  1. #c6c36d
  2. #6d70c6

Split complementary

  1. #c6c36d
  2. #6d9dc6
  3. #976dc6

Analogous

  1. #c6976d
  2. #c6c36d
  3. #9dc66d

Triadic

  1. #c6c36d
  2. #6dc6c3
  3. #c36dc6

Tetradic

  1. #c6c36d
  2. #70c66d
  3. #6d70c6
  4. #c36dc6

Square

  1. #c6c36d
  2. #6dc697
  3. #6d70c6
  4. #c66d9d

Monochromatic

  1. #6f6c2b
  2. #a6a241
  3. #c6c36d
  4. #dbdaa4
  5. #f1f0db

Shades

#c6c36d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c6c36d
  2. #b2b062
  3. #9e9c57
  4. #8b894c
  5. #777541
  6. #636237
  7. #4f4e2c
  8. #3b3b21
  9. #282716
  10. #14140b
  11. #000000

Tints

#c6c36d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c6c36d
  2. #ccc97c
  3. #d1cf8a
  4. #d7d599
  5. #dddba7
  6. #e3e1b6
  7. #e8e7c5
  8. #eeedd3
  9. #f4f3e2
  10. #f9f9f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c6c36d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c6c36d
  2. #bfbc6f
  3. #b8b671
  4. #b1af73
  5. #aaa875
  6. #a3a277
  7. #9c9b78
  8. #95947a
  9. #8e8d7c
  10. #87877e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2c1a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0bd66 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2c171 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d1b9af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccbf69 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdc26f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cdbd99 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c6c36d {
  color: #c6c36d;
}
Background
.bg-c6c36d {
  background-color: #c6c36d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c6c36d {
  border: 2px solid #c6c36d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c6c36d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 195 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 44% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c6c36d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6c36d, #9dc66d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c6c36d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 195 109 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.40 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.72 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.63 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 7.87 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.21 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 8.25 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.61 #393c92 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#c6c36d  rgb(198, 195, 109)  hsl(58, 44%, 60%)  Dark Khaki
#6d70c6  rgb(109, 112, 198)  hsl(238, 44%, 60%)  Medium Slate Blue
#6dc6c3  rgb(109, 198, 195)  hsl(178, 44%, 60%)  Medium Turquoise
#c36dc6  rgb(195, 109, 198)  hsl(298, 44%, 60%)  Orchid