Colour

#CACA8D

#CACA8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#CACA8D is a yellow with RGB values 202, 202, 141 and HSL 60°, 37%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#CACA8D#CACA8D

HEX#CACA8D

RGBrgb(202, 202, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.7922, 0.5529

RGB percentages79.2%, 79.2%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(60, 36.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 30.2%, 79.2%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 30.2%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,290,125

CSS custom property--colour: #CACA8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#353572

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C589no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5C88Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D3C3BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.3 Wheat · ΔE 15.8 Tan · ΔE 16.5 Burlywood · ΔE 16.8 Moccasin · ΔE 17.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D8DCA

Analogous#CAAC8D, #ACCA8D

Triadic#8DCACA, #CA8DCA

Split complementary#8DACCA, #AC8DCA

Tetradic#8DCAAC, #8D8DCA, #CA8DAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFBF5

Lighter +20%#EAEAD3

Lighter +10%#DADAB0

Darker −10%#BABA6A

Darker −20%#A5A54C

Darker −30%#82823C

Darker −40%#5F5F2C

More saturated +25%#DFDF78

Less saturated −25%#B5B5A2

Channel breakdown

R202

G202

B141

Red202 (79.2%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)36.53%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR CA · G CA · B 8D

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Colour values

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