#c6b10c Color Information

#c6b10c Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #c6b10c. In RGB, it consists of 77.6% Red, 69.4% Green, and 4.7% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 10.6% Magenta, 93.9% Yellow, and 22.4% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 53.2°, with saturation of 88.6% and lightness of 41.2%. The decimal value for #c6b10c is 13021452, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cc9900. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #c6b10c is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
  • HexHex code for this color#c6b10c Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color198, 177, 12 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color77.6%, 69.4%, 4.7% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.224, 0.306, 0.953 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.106, 0.939, 0.224 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color53.2°, 88.6%, 41.2% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color53.2°, 93.9%, 77.6% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color39.077, 43.477, 6.680 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color36, 198, 12 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code13021452 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color71.877, -6.991, 72.632 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)71.877, 72.967, 95.498 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color71.877, 20.483, 76.429 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color65.937, -9.602, 40.149 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.438, 0.487, 43.477 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4291211532 / 0xffc6b10c Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cc9900 Copy
Last Updated: December 10, 2024

Shades of #c6b10c

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #c6b10c, its pure hue is 53.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 88.6%, and its lightness is 41.2%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #c6b10c, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #191602 to #ad9b0b.

Tints of #c6b10c

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #c6b10c, its pure hue is 53.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 88.6%, and its lightness is 41.2%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #c6b10c, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #cdbb2a to #f8f5e1.

Tones of #c6b10c

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #c6b10c, its pure hue is 53.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 88.6%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #c6b10c, which range from #696969 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #d2ba00 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #c6b10c

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #c6b10c! For #c6b10c, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #c6b10c. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #c6b10c

This color, #c6b10c, consists of 77.6% Red, 69.4% Green, and 4.7% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 198, Green = 177, Blue = 12. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #c6b10c is 0% Cyan, 10.6% Magenta, 93.9% Yellow, and 22.4% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R77.6%
C0.0%
G69.4%
M10.6%
B4.7%
Y93.9%
K22.4%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 198 177 12
Octal 306 261 14
Hexa #c6 #b1 #0c
Binary 11000110 10110001 00001100
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 10 93 22
Octal 0 12 135 26
Hexa #00 #0a #5d #16
Binary 00000000 00001010 01011101 00010110

Analogous Colors of #c6b10c

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #c6b10c — which has hue 53.2° — its analogous colors are located at 23.2° and 83.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c6b10c.

Triadic Colors of #c6b10c

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #c6b10c — which has hue 53.2° — its triadic colors are located at 53.2° and 293.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c6b10c.

Complementary Color of #c6b10c

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #c6b10c — which has hue 53.2° — its complementary color is located at 233.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c6b10c.

Split Complementary Colors of #c6b10c

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #c6b10c — which has hue 53.2° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 53.2° and 263.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c6b10c.

Tetradic Colors of #c6b10c

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #c6b10c — which has hue 53.2° — its tetradic colors are located at 323.2°, 53.2°, 143.2°, and 233.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c6b10c.

Monochromatic Colors of #c6b10c

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #c6b10c, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #605609 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #f9e542 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #c6b10c

We want to make getting started with #c6b10c on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #c6b10c into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #c6b10c can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #c6b10c with other HTML elements.

#c6b10c Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #c6b10c.
<span style="color: #c6b10c;">The color of this text is #c6b10c.</span>

#c6b10c Background Color

The background color for this text is #c6b10c.
<div style="background-color: #c6b10c; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #c6b10c.</div>

#c6b10c Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #c6b10c.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #c6b10c;">This color for the shadow of this text is #c6b10c.</span>

#c6b10c Border Color

This is a div with border color #c6b10c.
<div style="border: #c6b10c 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #c6b10c.</div>

#c6b10c Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #c6b10c on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #c6b10c; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #c6b10c on a white background.</div></div>

#c6b10c Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #c6b10c on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #c6b10c; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #c6b10c on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #c6b10c to White

This is a gradient from #c6b10c to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#c6b10c,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#c6b10c,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#c6b10c,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#c6b10c,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #c6b10c to white.</div>

Gradient from #c6b10c to Black

This is a gradient from #c6b10c to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#c6b10c,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#c6b10c,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#c6b10c,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#c6b10c,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #c6b10c to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #c6b10c

In addition to using #c6b10c on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #c6b10c in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #c6b10c, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 198, Green = 177, Blue = 12). If you need details about the color coordinates of #c6b10c in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #c6b10c
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(198, 177, 12)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #c6b10c; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #c6b10c; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #c6b10c; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(198, 177, 12);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#c6b10c")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:198, green:177, blue:12, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:198 green:177 blue:12 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(198f, 177f, 12f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(198, 177, 12);
 

#c6b10c Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #c6b10c the same way. For those with color blindness, #c6b10c might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #c6b10c looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #c6b10c is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #c6b10c looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #c6b10c will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #c6b10c is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.2:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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