Colour

#D6CA9D

#D6CA9D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D6CA9D is a yellow with RGB values 214, 202, 157 and HSL 47°, 41%, 73%. 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

#D6CA9D#D6CA9D

HEX#D6CA9D

RGBrgb(214, 202, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.7922, 0.6157

RGB percentages83.9%, 79.2%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(47.4, 41%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 26.6%, 83.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 26.6%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,076,573

CSS custom property--colour: #D6CA9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.79:1

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

Contrast with black12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#293562

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C89Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7CC9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#DFC3BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 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 text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.2 Tan · ΔE 10 Moccasin · ΔE 11.9 Navajo white · ΔE 12.2 Burlywood · ΔE 12.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.9

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DA9D6

Analogous#D6AE9D, #C6D69D

Triadic#9DD6CA, #CA9DD6

Split complementary#9DC6D6, #AD9DD6

Tetradic#9DD6AE, #9DA9D6, #D69DC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F1E5

Lighter +10%#E5DDC1

Darker −10%#C7B779

Darker −20%#B8A355

Darker −30%#9A8740

Darker −40%#766731

More saturated +25%#E7D48C

Less saturated −25%#C5C0AE

Channel breakdown

R214

G202

B157

Red214 (83.9%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue47.37°

Saturation (HSL)41.01%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D6 · G CA · B 9D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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