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Recognised as Colour

#D6CB8E

  • #D6CB8E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#D6CB8E is a yellow with RGB values 214, 203, 142 and HSL 51°, 47%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#D6CB8E#D6CB8E
HEX#D6CB8E
RGBrgb(214, 203, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.7961, 0.5569
RGB percentages83.9%, 79.6%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(50.8, 46.8%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 33.6%, 83.9%)
CMYK0%, 5.1%, 33.6%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,076,814
CSS custom property--colour: #D6CB8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 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#293471

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6C78Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DACC90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E1C3BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 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

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.1Dark khaki · ΔE 11.4Burlywood · ΔE 13.1Wheat · ΔE 13.1Navajo white · ΔE 13.6Moccasin · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E99D6
Analogous#D6A78E, #BDD68E
Triadic#8ED6CB, #CB8ED6
Split complementary#8EBDD6, #A78ED6
Tetradic#8ED6A7, #8E99D6, #D68EBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFE
Lighter +20%#F1EDD9
Lighter +10%#E4DCB3
Darker −10%#C8BA69
Darker −20%#BAA844
Darker −30%#958636
Darker −40%#706528
More saturated +25%#E9D87B
Less saturated −25%#C3BEA1

Channel breakdown

R214
G203
B142
Red214 (83.9%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue50.83°
Saturation (HSL)46.75%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D6 · G CB · B 8E

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