Recognised as Colour
#CDCBAA
- #CDCBAA
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#CDCBAA is a yellow with RGB values 205, 203, 170 and HSL 57°, 26%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#CDCBAA#CDCBAA
HEX#CDCBAA
RGBrgb(205, 203, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.7961, 0.6667
RGB percentages80.4%, 79.6%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(56.6, 25.9%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 17.1%, 80.4%)
CMYK0%, 1%, 17.1%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,487,018
CSS custom property--colour: #CDCBAA;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.58593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.72:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#323455
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#AAACCD
Analogous#CDBAAA, #BECDAA
Triadic#AACDCB, #CBAACD
Split complementary#AABECD, #BAAACD
Tetradic#AACDBA, #AAACCD, #CDAABE
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R205
G203
B170
Red205 (80.4%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue56.57°
Saturation (HSL)25.93%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CD · G CB · B AA
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