Recognised as Colour

#CEC86A

#CEC86A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#CEC86A is a yellow with RGB values 206, 200, 106 and HSL 56°, 51%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#CEC86A

RGBrgb(206, 200, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7843, 0.4157

RGB percentages80.8%, 78.4%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(56.4, 50.5%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.4, 48.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 2.9%, 48.5%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,551,722

CSS custom property--colour: #CEC86A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.09:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#313795

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C262no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9C76Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#DBBDB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.2 Khaki · ΔE 11.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Burlywood · ΔE 24.9 Navajo white · ΔE 26.7 Moccasin · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A70CE

Analogous#CE966A, #A2CE6A

Triadic#6ACEC8, #C86ACE

Split complementary#6AA2CE, #966ACE

Tetradic#6ACE96, #6A70CE, #CE6AA2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F3DD

Lighter +20%#E7E4B7

Lighter +10%#DBD690

Darker −10%#C1BA44

Darker −20%#9E9834

Darker −30%#787327

Darker −40%#514E1B

More saturated +25%#E7DE51

Less saturated −25%#B5B283

Channel breakdown

R206

G200

B106

Red206 (80.8%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue56.4°

Saturation (HSL)50.51%

Lightness61.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G C8 · B 6A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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