Recognised as Colour

#C7CDA5

#C7CDA5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#C7CDA5 is a yellow with RGB values 199, 205, 165 and HSL 69°, 29%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#C7CDA5#C7CDA5

HEX#C7CDA5

RGBrgb(199, 205, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8039, 0.6471

RGB percentages78%, 80.4%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(69, 28.6%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69, 19.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK2.9%, 0%, 19.5%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,094,309

CSS custom property--colour: #C7CDA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.7:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#38325A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D3C9A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3CAA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#CCC8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 14.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.5 Tan · ΔE 16 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 16.5 Blanched almond · ΔE 17.1 Moccasin · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 14.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ABA5CD

Analogous#CDBFA5, #B3CDA5

Triadic#A5C7CD, #CDA5C7

Split complementary#A5B3CD, #BFA5CD

Tetradic#A5CDBF, #ABA5CD, #CDA5B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0F1E7

Lighter +10%#DBDFC6

Darker −10%#B3BB84

Darker −20%#9EA963

Darker −30%#828C4E

Darker −40%#646B3B

More saturated +25%#D3DF94

Less saturated −25%#BBBCB7

Channel breakdown

R199

G205

B165

Red199 (78%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue69°

Saturation (HSL)28.57%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C7 · G CD · B A5

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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