Colour
#C8BE99
- #C8BE99
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Tan
#C8BE99 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 190, 153 and HSL 47°, 30%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.
Colour values
#C8BE99#C8BE99
HEX#C8BE99
RGBrgb(200, 190, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7451, 0.6
RGB percentages78.4%, 74.5%, 60%
HSLhsl(47.2, 29.9%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.2, 23.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 5%, 23.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,155,993
CSS custom property--colour: #C8BE99;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.51406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.28:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#374166
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#99A3C8
Analogous#C8A799, #BBC899
Triadic#99C8BE, #BE99C8
Split complementary#99BAC8, #A799C8
Tetradic#99C8A7, #99A3C8, #C899BA
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R200
G190
B153
Red200 (78.4%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue47.23°
Saturation (HSL)29.94%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G BE · B 99
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