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Colour

#CCC9BC

  • #CCC9BC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#CCC9BC is a yellow with RGB values 204, 201, 188 and HSL 49°, 14%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#CCC9BC#CCC9BC
HEX#CCC9BC
RGBrgb(204, 201, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7882, 0.7373
RGB percentages80%, 78.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(48.7, 13.6%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 7.8%, 80%)
CMYK0%, 1.5%, 7.8%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,420,988
CSS custom property--colour: #CCC9BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58241WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.65:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#333643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCC8BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDC9BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#CFC7C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.7Light grey · ΔE 7.9Gainsboro · ΔE 9.8Dark grey · ΔE 13.6Antique white · ΔE 14Linen · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCBFCC
Analogous#CCC1BC, #C7CCBC
Triadic#BCCCC9, #C9BCCC
Split complementary#BCC7CC, #C1BCCC
Tetradic#BCCCC1, #BCBFCC, #CCBCC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F8F6
Lighter +10%#E2E0D9
Darker −10%#B6B29F
Darker −20%#A09A82
Darker −30%#888267
Darker −40%#6B6651
More saturated +25%#DBD2AD
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R204
G201
B188
Red204 (80%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue48.75°
Saturation (HSL)13.56%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CC · G C9 · B BC

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