Recognised as Colour

#CBCAA9

#CBCAA9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#CBCAA9 is a yellow with RGB values 203, 202, 169 and HSL 58°, 25%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#CBCAA9#CBCAA9

HEX#CBCAA9

RGBrgb(203, 202, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.7922, 0.6627

RGB percentages79.6%, 79.2%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(58.2, 24.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.2, 16.7%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 0.5%, 16.7%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,355,689

CSS custom property--colour: #CBCAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.56:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#343556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0C7A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1C9AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D0C5C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 13.2 Tan · ΔE 14 Bisque · ΔE 15.1 Blanched almond · ΔE 15.2 Antique white · ΔE 15.7 Papaya whip · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9AACB

Analogous#CBB9A9, #BBCBA9

Triadic#A9CBCA, #CAA9CB

Split complementary#A9BBCB, #B9A9CB

Tetradic#A9CBB9, #A9AACB, #CBA9BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1F1E9

Lighter +10%#DEDEC9

Darker −10%#B8B689

Darker −20%#A5A369

Darker −30%#888753

Darker −40%#69673F

More saturated +25%#DCDA98

Less saturated −25%#BABABA

Channel breakdown

R203

G202

B169

Red203 (79.6%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue58.24°

Saturation (HSL)24.64%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G CA · B A9

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Colour values

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