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#C7BB79

#c7bb79 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c7bb79 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.04% red, 73.33% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.03% magenta, 39.2% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 50.77°, with 41.05% saturation and 62.75% 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 10.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 3.04.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4906

Complementary

  1. #c7bb79
  2. #7985c7

Split complementary

  1. #c7bb79
  2. #79acc7
  3. #9479c7

Analogous

  1. #c79479
  2. #c7bb79
  3. #acc779

Triadic

  1. #c7bb79
  2. #79c7bb
  3. #bb79c7

Tetradic

  1. #c7bb79
  2. #85c779
  3. #7985c7
  4. #bb79c7

Square

  1. #c7bb79
  2. #79c794
  3. #7985c7
  4. #c779ac

Monochromatic

  1. #766b31
  2. #ac9c48
  3. #c7bb79
  4. #ded6af
  5. #f4f2e5

Shades

#c7bb79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c7bb79
  2. #b3a86d
  3. #9f9661
  4. #8b8355
  5. #777049
  6. #645e3d
  7. #504b30
  8. #3c3824
  9. #282518
  10. #14130c
  11. #000000

Tints

#c7bb79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c7bb79
  2. #cdc286
  3. #d2c994
  4. #d8cfa1
  5. #ddd6af
  6. #e3ddbc
  7. #e9e4c9
  8. #eeebd7
  9. #f4f1e4
  10. #f9f8f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c7bb79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c7bb79
  2. #c0b57a
  3. #b9af7a
  4. #b2a97b
  5. #aba37c
  6. #a49e7d
  7. #9c987d
  8. #95927e
  9. #8e8c7f
  10. #87867f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfbaa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b774 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cabc7c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d2b2aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7b976 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9bc7b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ceb699 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c7bb79 {
  color: #c7bb79;
}
Background
.bg-c7bb79 {
  background-color: #c7bb79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c7bb79 {
  border: 2px solid #c7bb79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c7bb79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 199 187 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 41% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c7bb79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c7bb79, #acc779);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c7bb79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(199 187 121 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.04 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 4.31 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.11 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.13 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.33 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.00 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 9.11 #384486 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#c7bb79  rgb(199, 187, 121)  hsl(51, 41%, 63%)  Dark Khaki
#7985c7  rgb(121, 133, 199)  hsl(231, 41%, 63%)  Glaucous
#79c7bb  rgb(121, 199, 187)  hsl(171, 41%, 63%)  Medium Turquoise
#bb79c7  rgb(187, 121, 199)  hsl(291, 41%, 63%)  Floral Lavender