Recognised as Colour

#CBC5AF

#CBC5AF
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Silver

#CBC5AF is a yellow with RGB values 203, 197, 175 and HSL 47°, 21%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#CBC5AF#CBC5AF

HEX#CBC5AF

RGBrgb(203, 197, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.7725, 0.6863

RGB percentages79.6%, 77.3%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(47.1, 21.2%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 13.8%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 3%, 13.8%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,354,415

CSS custom property--colour: #CBC5AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55724WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.14:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#343A50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CAC4AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCC6B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D0C1BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 12 Light grey · ΔE 12.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.5 Antique white · ΔE 14.7 Tan · ΔE 15 Dark grey · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 12.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AFB5CB

Analogous#CBB7AF, #C3CBAF

Triadic#AFCBC5, #C5AFCB

Split complementary#AFC3CB, #B7AFCB

Tetradic#AFCBB7, #AFB5CB, #CBAFC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3F2ED

Lighter +10%#DFDBCE

Darker −10%#B7AF90

Darker −20%#A39871

Darker −30%#887E59

Darker −40%#696245

More saturated +25%#DBCE9F

Less saturated −25%#BDBDBD

Channel breakdown

R203

G197

B175

Red203 (79.6%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue47.14°

Saturation (HSL)21.21%

Lightness74.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G C5 · B AF

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Colour values

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