Recognised as Colour

#CCC5A9

#CCC5A9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Tan

#CCC5A9 is a yellow with RGB values 204, 197, 169 and HSL 48°, 26%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#CCC5A9#CCC5A9

HEX#CCC5A9

RGBrgb(204, 197, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7725, 0.6627

RGB percentages80%, 77.3%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(48, 25.5%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 17.2%, 80%)

CMYK0%, 3.4%, 17.2%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,419,945

CSS custom property--colour: #CCC5A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.13:1

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

Contrast with black12.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#333A56

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBC3A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDC6AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D2C1BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 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 text12.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.7 Wheat · ΔE 14 Bisque · ΔE 14.8 Silver · ΔE 15.2 Antique white · ΔE 15.3 Blanched almond · ΔE 15.3

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9B0CC

Analogous#CCB4A9, #C2CCA9

Triadic#A9CCC5, #C5A9CC

Split complementary#A9C2CC, #B4A9CC

Tetradic#A9CCB4, #A9B0CC, #CCA9C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2F0E9

Lighter +10%#DFDBC9

Darker −10%#B9AF89

Darker −20%#A69A69

Darker −30%#8A7F52

Darker −40%#6A613F

More saturated +25%#DDCF98

Less saturated −25%#BBBBBA

Channel breakdown

R204

G197

B169

Red204 (80%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)25.55%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CC · G C5 · B A9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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