Colour

#CBC7B5

#CBC7B5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Silver

#CBC7B5 is a yellow with RGB values 203, 199, 181 and HSL 49°, 17%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#CBC7B5#CBC7B5

HEX#CBC7B5

RGBrgb(203, 199, 181)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.7804, 0.7098

RGB percentages79.6%, 78%, 71%

HSLhsl(49.1, 17.5%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 10.8%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 2%, 10.8%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,354,933

CSS custom property--colour: #CBC7B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.38:1

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

Contrast with black12.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#34384A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBC6B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCC7B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CFC4C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 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 text12.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 10 Light grey · ΔE 10.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.3 Antique white · ΔE 14.2 Dark grey · ΔE 14.5 Linen · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 9.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B5B9CB

Analogous#CBBCB5, #C4CBB5

Triadic#B5CBC7, #C7B5CB

Split complementary#B5C4CB, #BCB5CB

Tetradic#B5CBBC, #B5B9CB, #CBB5C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F4F1

Lighter +10%#E0DED3

Darker −10%#B6B097

Darker −20%#A19A79

Darker −30%#88805F

Darker −40%#6A644A

More saturated +25%#DBD1A5

Less saturated −25%#C0C0C0

Channel breakdown

R203

G199

B181

Red203 (79.6%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)17.46%

Lightness75.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G C7 · B B5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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