Colour

#CED5AA

#CED5AA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#CED5AA is a yellow with RGB values 206, 213, 170 and HSL 70°, 34%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#CED5AA#CED5AA

HEX#CED5AA

RGBrgb(206, 213, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8353, 0.6667

RGB percentages80.8%, 83.5%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(69.8, 33.9%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69.8, 20.2%, 83.5%)

CMYK3.3%, 0%, 20.2%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,555,114

CSS custom property--colour: #CED5AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.72:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#312A55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBD0A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBD1ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D3D0C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 12.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 14 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 14.6 Moccasin · ΔE 15.6 Beige · ΔE 15.8

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B1AAD5

Analogous#D5C7AA, #B9D5AA

Triadic#AACED5, #D5AACE

Split complementary#AAB8D5, #C7AAD5

Tetradic#AAD5C7, #B1AAD5, #D5AAB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F7EE

Lighter +10%#E2E6CC

Darker −10%#BAC488

Darker −20%#A7B366

Darker −30%#8D9A4C

Darker −40%#6E783B

More saturated +25%#D9E59A

Less saturated −25%#C3C5BA

Channel breakdown

R206

G213

B170

Red206 (80.8%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue69.77°

Saturation (HSL)33.86%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR CE · G D5 · B AA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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