Recognised as Colour

#D4CA9E

#D4CA9E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D4CA9E is a yellow with RGB values 212, 202, 158 and HSL 49°, 39%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D4CA9E#D4CA9E

HEX#D4CA9E

RGBrgb(212, 202, 158)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.7922, 0.6196

RGB percentages83.1%, 79.2%, 62%

HSLhsl(48.9, 38.6%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 25.5%, 83.1%)

CMYK0%, 4.7%, 25.5%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,945,502

CSS custom property--colour: #D4CA9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.74:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#2B3561

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D3C79Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6CB9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DDC3BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.6 Tan · ΔE 10.5 Moccasin · ΔE 12.5 Navajo white · ΔE 13 Burlywood · ΔE 13.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.2

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9EA8D4

Analogous#D4AF9E, #C3D49E

Triadic#9ED4CA, #CA9ED4

Split complementary#9EC3D4, #AF9ED4

Tetradic#9ED4AF, #9EA8D4, #D49EC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3F1E5

Lighter +10%#E4DDC1

Darker −10%#C4B77B

Darker −20%#B5A357

Darker −30%#968743

Darker −40%#736733

More saturated +25%#E6D58D

Less saturated −25%#C3BFB0

Channel breakdown

R212

G202

B158

Red212 (83.1%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue48.89°

Saturation (HSL)38.57%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D4 · G CA · B 9E

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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