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#CBC668

#cbc668 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cbc668 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 77.65% green and 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.46% magenta, 48.77% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 56.97°, with 48.77% 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 11.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 4.64.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5408

Complementary

  1. #cbc668
  2. #686dcb

Split complementary

  1. #cbc668
  2. #689fcb
  3. #9568cb

Analogous

  1. #cb9568
  2. #cbc668
  3. #9fcb68

Triadic

  1. #cbc668
  2. #68cbc6
  3. #c668cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbc668
  2. #6dcb68
  3. #686dcb
  4. #c668cb

Square

  1. #cbc668
  2. #68cb95
  3. #686dcb
  4. #cb689f

Monochromatic

  1. #736f27
  2. #aba63b
  3. #cbc668
  4. #dfdba1
  5. #f2f1da

Shades

#cbc668 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbc668
  2. #b7b25e
  3. #a29e53
  4. #8e8b49
  5. #7a773e
  6. #666334
  7. #514f2a
  8. #3d3b1f
  9. #292815
  10. #14140a
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbc668 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbc668
  2. #d0cc77
  3. #d5d186
  4. #dbd795
  5. #e0dda4
  6. #e5e3b4
  7. #eae8c3
  8. #efeed2
  9. #f5f4e1
  10. #faf9f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbc668 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbc668
  2. #c4bf6a
  3. #bcb86d
  4. #b5b16f
  5. #adaa72
  6. #a6a374
  7. #9e9c76
  8. #979579
  9. #8f8e7b
  10. #88877e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c4a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4c060 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6c46c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d7bbb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0c263 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2c56b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2c099 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbc668 {
  color: #cbc668;
}
Background
.bg-cbc668 {
  background-color: #cbc668;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbc668 {
  border: 2px solid #cbc668;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbc668;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 198 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 49% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbc668 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbc668, #9fcb68);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbc668 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 198 104 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.64 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.75 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.91 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.29 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.84 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 7.93 #343997 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#cbc668  rgb(203, 198, 104)  hsl(57, 49%, 60%)  Dark Khaki
#686dcb  rgb(104, 109, 203)  hsl(237, 49%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#68cbc6  rgb(104, 203, 198)  hsl(177, 49%, 60%)  Medium Turquoise
#c668cb  rgb(198, 104, 203)  hsl(297, 49%, 60%)  Orchid