Recognised as Colour
#CCC8AA
- #CCC8AA
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Tan
#CCC8AA is a yellow with RGB values 204, 200, 170 and HSL 53°, 25%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.
Colour values
#CCC8AA#CCC8AA
HEX#CCC8AA
RGBrgb(204, 200, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7843, 0.6667
RGB percentages80%, 78.4%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(52.9, 25%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 16.7%, 80%)
CMYK0%, 2%, 16.7%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,420,714
CSS custom property--colour: #CCC8AA;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.57048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.41:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#333755
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#AAAECC
Analogous#CCB7AA, #BFCCAA
Triadic#AACCC8, #C8AACC
Split complementary#AABFCC, #B7AACC
Tetradic#AACCB7, #AAAECC, #CCAABF
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R204
G200
B170
Red204 (80%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue52.94°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CC · G C8 · B AA
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