Recognised as Colour
#CEC8AD
- #CEC8AD
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Tan
#CEC8AD is a yellow with RGB values 206, 200, 173 and HSL 49°, 25%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.
Colour values
#CEC8AD#CEC8AD
HEX#CEC8AD
RGBrgb(206, 200, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7843, 0.6784
RGB percentages80.8%, 78.4%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(49.1, 25.2%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 16%, 80.8%)
CMYK0%, 2.9%, 16%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,551,789
CSS custom property--colour: #CEC8AD;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.57447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.49:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#313752
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#ADB3CE
Analogous#CEB8AD, #C4CEAD
Triadic#ADCEC8, #C8ADCE
Split complementary#ADC4CE, #B7ADCE
Tetradic#ADCEB8, #ADB3CE, #CEADC4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R206
G200
B173
Red206 (80.8%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue49.09°
Saturation (HSL)25.19%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CE · G C8 · B AD
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