Recognised as Colour

#CFCA8D

#CFCA8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#CFCA8D is a yellow with RGB values 207, 202, 141 and HSL 55°, 41%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#CFCA8D

RGBrgb(207, 202, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.8118, 0.7922, 0.5529

RGB percentages81.2%, 79.2%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(55.5, 40.7%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.5, 31.9%, 81.2%)

CMYK0%, 2.4%, 31.9%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,617,805

CSS custom property--colour: #CFCA8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.6 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#303572

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5C689no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7C98Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D9C2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original

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

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 10.8 Wheat · ΔE 14.6 Burlywood · ΔE 15 Tan · ΔE 15.3 Navajo white · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D92CF

Analogous#CFA98D, #B3CF8D

Triadic#8DCFCA, #CA8DCF

Split complementary#8DB3CF, #A98DCF

Tetradic#8DCFA9, #8D92CF, #CF8DB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFCF9

Lighter +20%#EDEBD5

Lighter +10%#DEDBB1

Darker −10%#C0B969

Darker −20%#ADA649

Darker −30%#89833A

Darker −40%#65612B

More saturated +25%#E3DB79

Less saturated −25%#BBB9A1

Channel breakdown

R207

G202

B141

Red207 (81.2%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue55.45°

Saturation (HSL)40.74%

Lightness68.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CF · G CA · B 8D

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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