#C59708

sRGB · 197 / 151 / 8

#C59708 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 197 red, 151 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 45.4° lands in the yellow region. Its 92.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 40.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.80:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 197, 151, 8
HSL: 45.40°, 92.20%, 40.20%
HSV / HSB: 45.40°, 95.94%, 77.25%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 23.35%, 95.94%, 22.75%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.135, 34.022, 4.999
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.980, 6.356, 68.012
WCAG relative luminance: 0.34021
24-bit decimal: 12949256

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C59708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 7.80:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.69:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#0836C5 sits half a turn (180°) from #C59708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C59708 #0836C5

Analogous

#C53908 and #94C508 sit 30° to either side of #C59708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C53908 #C59708 #94C508

Triadic

#C59708, #08C597 and #9708C5 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C59708 #08C597 #9708C5

Split complementary

Start at #C59708 and look across the wheel. #0894C5 and #3908C5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C59708 #0894C5 #3908C5

Square

Starting with #C59708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #08C539, #0836C5, then #C50894. Across the square, #C59708 pairs with #0836C5, and #08C539 with #C50894.

#C59708 #08C539 #0836C5 #C50894

Tetradic

#C59708 and #0836C5 are opposites, as are #36C508 and #9708C5. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C59708 #36C508 #0836C5 #9708C5

Tints

Mixing #C59708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D1AC39, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3EACE, the mixture is 80% white.

#C59708 #D1AC39 #DCC16B #E8D59C #F3EACE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C59708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9E7906, keeps 80% of the original. By #271E02, the mixture is 80% black.

#C59708 #9E7906 #765B05 #4F3C03 #271E02 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C59708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B79220, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E8568, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C59708 #B79220 #A98E38 #9C8950 #8E8568 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C59708

RGB

rgb(197 151 8)

HSL

hsl(45.397 92.195% 40.196%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C59708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C59708 uses 197 red, 151 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 77.3%

Green 59.2%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C59708 is 0.0% cyan, 23.4% magenta, 95.9% yellow and 22.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 23.4%

Yellow 95.9%

Black 22.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC9900. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C90 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C59708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #CC9900 Nearest web-safe · #CC9900

Gradient to complement

#C59708 #A68728 #867747 #676767 #475686 #2846A6 #0836C5

Color vision previews

Compare how #C59708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#AC9700

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#B7A318

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D78880

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B69800

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BA9E10

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C89351

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9E9E9E

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B39A73

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.55834 G 0.30947 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.74460 G 0.59930 B 0.20334

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.51416 G 0.31773 B 0.03415

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.467 y 0.465 Y 34.022

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 22.745 M % 40.784 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11000101 10010111 00001000