Colour

#CDC5A3

#CDC5A3
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Tan

#CDC5A3 is a yellow with RGB values 205, 197, 163 and HSL 49°, 30%, 72%. 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

#CDC5A3#CDC5A3

HEX#CDC5A3

RGBrgb(205, 197, 163)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.7725, 0.6392

RGB percentages80.4%, 77.3%, 63.9%

HSLhsl(48.6, 29.6%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 20.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 3.9%, 20.5%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,485,475

CSS custom property--colour: #CDC5A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.11:1

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

Contrast with black12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#323A5C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCC3A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFC6A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D4C0BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 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 text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.9 Wheat · ΔE 12.4 Bisque · ΔE 14.6 Peach puff · ΔE 15 Blanched almond · ΔE 15.4 Burlywood · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A3ABCD

Analogous#CDB0A3, #C0CDA3

Triadic#A3CDC5, #C5A3CD

Split complementary#A3C0CD, #B0A3CD

Tetradic#A3CDB0, #A3ABCD, #CDA3C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1EFE5

Lighter +10%#DFDAC4

Darker −10%#BBB082

Darker −20%#A99B61

Darker −30%#8B7F4C

Darker −40%#6A613A

More saturated +25%#DFD091

Less saturated −25%#BBBAB5

Channel breakdown

R205

G197

B163

Red205 (80.4%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue163 (63.9%)

Hue48.57°

Saturation (HSL)29.58%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G C5 · B A3

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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