Colour

#CDC28B

#CDC28B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Tan

#CDC28B is a yellow with RGB values 205, 194, 139 and HSL 50°, 40%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#CDC28B#CDC28B

HEX#CDC28B

RGBrgb(205, 194, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.7608, 0.5451

RGB percentages80.4%, 76.1%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(50, 39.8%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 32.2%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 5.4%, 32.2%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,484,683

CSS custom property--colour: #CDC28B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.69:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#323D74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDBF87no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0C38Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D7BAB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11 Burlywood · ΔE 11.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 12 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.5 Wheat · ΔE 13.7 Navajo white · ΔE 15

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B96CD

Analogous#CDA18B, #B7CD8B

Triadic#8BCDC2, #C28BCD

Split complementary#8BB7CD, #A18BCD

Tetradic#8BCDA1, #8B96CD, #CD8BB7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFAF6

Lighter +20%#ECE7D2

Lighter +10%#DCD5AF

Darker −10%#BEAF67

Darker −20%#A99949

Darker −30%#85793A

Darker −40%#62592A

More saturated +25%#E2D076

Less saturated −25%#B8B4A0

Channel breakdown

R205

G194

B139

Red205 (80.4%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)39.76%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G C2 · B 8B

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Colour values

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