Colour

#CBC291

#CBC291
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Tan

#CBC291 is a yellow with RGB values 203, 194, 145 and HSL 51°, 36%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#CBC291#CBC291

HEX#CBC291

RGBrgb(203, 194, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.7608, 0.5686

RGB percentages79.6%, 76.1%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(50.7, 35.8%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 28.6%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 4.4%, 28.6%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,353,617

CSS custom property--colour: #CBC291;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.66:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#343D6E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCBF8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CEC393no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D4BBB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.1 Burlywood · ΔE 12.3 Wheat · ΔE 12.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.9 Navajo white · ΔE 15.2

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#919ACB

Analogous#CBA591, #B7CB91

Triadic#91CBC2, #C291CB

Split complementary#91B7CB, #A591CB

Tetradic#91CBA5, #919ACB, #CB91B7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFCF9

Lighter +20%#ECE8D6

Lighter +10%#DBD5B4

Darker −10%#BBAF6E

Darker −20%#A7994F

Darker −30%#847A3F

Darker −40%#625A2E

More saturated +25%#DFD07D

Less saturated −25%#B7B4A5

Channel breakdown

R203

G194

B145

Red203 (79.6%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue50.69°

Saturation (HSL)35.8%

Lightness68.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G C2 · B 91

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