Colour

#D5CA97

#D5CA97
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D5CA97 is a yellow with RGB values 213, 202, 151 and HSL 49°, 42%, 71%. 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

#D5CA97#D5CA97

HEX#D5CA97

RGBrgb(213, 202, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.8353, 0.7922, 0.5922

RGB percentages83.5%, 79.2%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(49.4, 42.5%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 29.1%, 83.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 29.1%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,011,031

CSS custom property--colour: #D5CA97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.72:1

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

Contrast with black12.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#2A3568

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C794no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7CB99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#DFC3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 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 text12.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 10.3 Tan · ΔE 11.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.4 Burlywood · ΔE 12.2 Moccasin · ΔE 12.4 Navajo white · ΔE 12.5

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97A2D5

Analogous#D5AB97, #C1D597

Triadic#97D5CA, #CA97D5

Split complementary#97C1D5, #AB97D5

Tetradic#97D5AB, #97A2D5, #D597C1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2EFE0

Lighter +10%#E4DDBB

Darker −10%#C6B773

Darker −20%#B8A54E

Darker −30%#96863D

Darker −40%#72662E

More saturated +25%#E7D685

Less saturated −25%#C3BEA9

Channel breakdown

R213

G202

B151

Red213 (83.5%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue49.35°

Saturation (HSL)42.47%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D5 · G CA · B 97

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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