Colour

#D4CAA9

#D4CAA9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D4CAA9 is a yellow with RGB values 212, 202, 169 and HSL 46°, 33%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D4CAA9#D4CAA9

HEX#D4CAA9

RGBrgb(212, 202, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.7922, 0.6627

RGB percentages83.1%, 79.2%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(46, 33.3%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46, 20.3%, 83.1%)

CMYK0%, 4.7%, 20.3%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,945,513

CSS custom property--colour: #D4CAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.82:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#2B3556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1C8A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4CBAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#DBC5C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 10.7 Tan · ΔE 11.5 Bisque · ΔE 12.4 Peach puff · ΔE 13.2 Blanched almond · ΔE 13.2 Moccasin · ΔE 14.1

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 10.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9B3D4

Analogous#D4B4A9, #C9D4A9

Triadic#A9D4CA, #CAA9D4

Split complementary#A9C9D4, #B4A9D4

Tetradic#A9D4B5, #A9B3D4, #D4A9C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F4ED

Lighter +10%#E5DFCB

Darker −10%#C3B587

Darker −20%#B2A065

Darker −30%#98864C

Darker −40%#76683B

More saturated +25%#E4D399

Less saturated −25%#C4C1B9

Channel breakdown

R212

G202

B169

Red212 (83.1%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue46.05°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D4 · G CA · B A9

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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