Recognised as Colour

#CBC89D

#CBC89D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#CBC89D is a yellow with RGB values 203, 200, 157 and HSL 56°, 31%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#CBC89D#CBC89D

HEX#CBC89D

RGBrgb(203, 200, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.7843, 0.6157

RGB percentages79.6%, 78.4%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(56.1, 30.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.1, 22.7%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 1.5%, 22.7%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,355,165

CSS custom property--colour: #CBC89D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56439WCAG 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 12.29:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#343762

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0C59Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1C79Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D2C2BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 12.2 Tan · ΔE 12.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.5 Moccasin · ΔE 15.2 Burlywood · ΔE 15.5 Navajo white · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DA0CB

Analogous#CBB19D, #B7CB9D

Triadic#9DCBC8, #C89DCB

Split complementary#9DB7CB, #B19DCB

Tetradic#9DCBB1, #9DA0CB, #CB9DB7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EEEDE0

Lighter +10%#DDDBBE

Darker −10%#B9B57C

Darker −20%#A8A35A

Darker −30%#878348

Darker −40%#666336

More saturated +25%#DED88A

Less saturated −25%#B8B8B0

Channel breakdown

R203

G200

B157

Red203 (79.6%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue56.09°

Saturation (HSL)30.67%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G C8 · B 9D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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