Recognised as Colour

#CEC6A6

#CEC6A6
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Tan

#CEC6A6 is a yellow with RGB values 206, 198, 166 and HSL 48°, 29%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#CEC6A6#CEC6A6

HEX#CEC6A6

RGBrgb(206, 198, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7765, 0.651

RGB percentages80.8%, 77.6%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(48, 29%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 19.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 3.9%, 19.4%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,551,270

CSS custom property--colour: #CEC6A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56263WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.25:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#313959

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDC4A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFC7A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D5C1BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.5 Wheat · ΔE 12.5 Bisque · ΔE 14.2 Peach puff · ΔE 14.8 Blanched almond · ΔE 14.9 Antique white · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A6AECE

Analogous#CEB2A6, #C2CEA6

Triadic#A6CEC6, #C6A6CE

Split complementary#A6C2CE, #B2A6CE

Tetradic#A6CEB2, #A6AECE, #CEA6C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2F0E8

Lighter +10%#E0DBC7

Darker −10%#BCB185

Darker −20%#AA9C64

Darker −30%#8D814E

Darker −40%#6C633C

More saturated +25%#DFD095

Less saturated −25%#BDBCB7

Channel breakdown

R206

G198

B166

Red206 (80.8%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)28.99%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G C6 · B A6

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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