Colour
#C8BE9A
- #C8BE9A
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Tan
#C8BE9A is a yellow with RGB values 200, 190, 154 and HSL 47°, 29%, 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
#C8BE9A#C8BE9A
HEX#C8BE9A
RGBrgb(200, 190, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7451, 0.6039
RGB percentages78.4%, 74.5%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(47, 29.5%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47, 23%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 5%, 23%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,155,994
CSS custom property--colour: #C8BE9A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.51439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#374165
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 text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9AA4C8
Analogous#C8A79A, #BBC89A
Triadic#9AC8BE, #BE9AC8
Split complementary#9ABBC8, #A79AC8
Tetradic#9AC8A7, #9AA4C8, #C89ABB
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R200
G190
B154
Red200 (78.4%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue46.96°
Saturation (HSL)29.49%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G BE · B 9A
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