Information about #C5C662 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#C5C662 presents itself as a clearly saturated golden yellow — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Wild Willow (#BECA60). Slightly further away sit Ginger Brown (#C9BE62) and Fall Leaf Brown (#C8B560).
The recipe behind #C5C662 is rgb(197, 198, 98), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C5C662: 11.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#C5C662 color variations
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#C5C662 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#C5C662 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#C5C662 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#C5C662 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#C5C662 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #C5C662 color
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Nearest named colors to #C5C662
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BECA60
#C9BE62
#C8B560
#BFBD70
#D2B960
#BDB76B
#C0C975
#C9B25F
#B2BE61
#C5B358
#BDB369
#D5C171
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#C5C662
- RGB197, 198, 98
- CMYK0, 0, 39, 22
- CSSrgb(197, 198, 98)
- HSL61°, 47%, 58%
- HSL Precise60.6°, 46.729%, 58.039%
- HSV61°, 51%, 78%
- HSB61°, 51%, 78%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.773
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.776
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.384
- GLSLvec3(0.773, 0.776, 0.384)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.773, 0.776, 0.384, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.773, 0.776, 0.384)
- Percentage of Red in RGB77.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB77.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB38.4%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDC5C662
- DECIMAL ID12961378
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
