Colour

#D6CB94

#D6CB94
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#D6CB94 is a yellow with RGB values 214, 203, 148 and HSL 50°, 45%, 71%. 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

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HEX#D6CB94

RGBrgb(214, 203, 148)

RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.7961, 0.5804

RGB percentages83.9%, 79.6%, 58%

HSLhsl(50, 44.6%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 30.8%, 83.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.1%, 30.8%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,076,820

CSS custom property--colour: #D6CB94;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.83:1

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

Contrast with black12.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#29346B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C890no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9CC96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E0C3BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 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 text12.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.4 Wheat · ΔE 11.1 Tan · ΔE 12.3 Burlywood · ΔE 12.4 Navajo white · ΔE 12.6 Moccasin · ΔE 12.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 10.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#949FD6

Analogous#D6AA94, #C0D694

Triadic#94D6CB, #CB94D6

Split complementary#94C0D6, #AA94D6

Tetradic#94D6AA, #949FD6, #D694C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2EFDE

Lighter +10%#E4DDB9

Darker −10%#C8B96F

Darker −20%#BAA74A

Darker −30%#97883A

Darker −40%#72662C

More saturated +25%#E9D782

Less saturated −25%#C4BFA7

Channel breakdown

R214

G203

B148

Red214 (83.9%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)44.59%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D6 · G CB · B 94

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