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Recognised as Colour

#CED38A

  • #CED38A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#CED38A is a yellow with RGB values 206, 211, 138 and HSL 64°, 45%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#CED38A#CED38A
HEX#CED38A
RGBrgb(206, 211, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8275, 0.5412
RGB percentages80.8%, 82.7%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(64.1, 45.3%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64.1, 34.6%, 82.7%)
CMYK2.4%, 0%, 34.6%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,554,570
CSS custom property--colour: #CED38A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.31:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#312C75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DECD85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DECF8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D7CBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.1Khaki · ΔE 12.7Wheat · ΔE 19.7Moccasin · ΔE 20.1Navajo white · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8F8AD3
Analogous#D3B48A, #AAD38A
Triadic#8ACED3, #D38ACE
Split complementary#8AAAD3, #B48AD3
Tetradic#8AD3B4, #8F8AD3, #D38AAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFDF9
Lighter +20%#EDEFD4
Lighter +10%#DEE1AF
Darker −10%#BEC565
Darker −20%#ACB344
Darker −30%#888E36
Darker −40%#656928
More saturated +25%#DFE776
Less saturated −25%#BDBF9E

Channel breakdown

R206
G211
B138
Red206 (80.8%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue64.11°
Saturation (HSL)45.34%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CE · G D3 · B 8A

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