Recognised as Colour

#CBCBAE

#CBCBAE
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#CBCBAE is a yellow with RGB values 203, 203, 174 and HSL 60°, 22%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#CBCBAE#CBCBAE

HEX#CBCBAE

RGBrgb(203, 203, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.7961, 0.6824

RGB percentages79.6%, 79.6%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(60, 21.8%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 14.3%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,355,950

CSS custom property--colour: #CBCBAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.69:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#343451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0C8ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1CAAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D0C7C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 14.2 Antique white · ΔE 14.7 Blanched almond · ΔE 14.9 Bisque · ΔE 15.1 Beige · ΔE 15.2 Tan · ΔE 15.3

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 14.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEAECB

Analogous#CBBDAE, #BDCBAE

Triadic#AECBCB, #CBAECB

Split complementary#AEBDCB, #BDAECB

Tetradic#AECBBD, #AEAECB, #CBAEBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3F3EC

Lighter +10%#DFDFCD

Darker −10%#B7B78F

Darker −20%#A3A370

Darker −30%#888858

Darker −40%#696944

More saturated +25%#DCDC9D

Less saturated −25%#BDBDBD

Channel breakdown

R203

G203

B174

Red203 (79.6%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)21.8%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR CB · G CB · B AE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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