Recognised as Colour

#CAC08D

#CAC08D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Tan

#CAC08D is a yellow with RGB values 202, 192, 141 and HSL 50°, 37%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#CAC08D#CAC08D

HEX#CAC08D

RGBrgb(202, 192, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.7529, 0.5529

RGB percentages79.2%, 75.3%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(50.2, 36.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 30.2%, 79.2%)

CMYK0%, 5%, 30.2%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,287,565

CSS custom property--colour: #CAC08D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.44:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#353F72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CABD8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDC18Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D3B9B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10 Burlywood · ΔE 11.8 Wheat · ΔE 13.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.6 Navajo white · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D97CA

Analogous#CAA28D, #B6CA8D

Triadic#8DCAC0, #C08DCA

Split complementary#8DB6CA, #A28DCA

Tetradic#8DCAA2, #8D97CA, #CA8DB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFAF5

Lighter +20%#EAE6D3

Lighter +10%#DAD3B0

Darker −10%#BAAD6A

Darker −20%#A5964C

Darker −30%#82763C

Darker −40%#5F572C

More saturated +25%#DFCE78

Less saturated −25%#B5B2A2

Channel breakdown

R202

G192

B141

Red202 (79.2%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue50.16°

Saturation (HSL)36.53%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CA · G C0 · B 8D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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