Recognised as Colour

#D6CCA9

#D6CCA9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D6CCA9 is a yellow with RGB values 214, 204, 169 and HSL 47°, 35%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D6CCA9#D6CCA9

HEX#D6CCA9

RGBrgb(214, 204, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.8, 0.6627

RGB percentages83.9%, 80%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(46.7, 35.4%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 21%, 83.9%)

CMYK0%, 4.7%, 21%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,077,097

CSS custom property--colour: #D6CCA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.07:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#293356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4CAA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7CDAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DEC6C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.7 Tan · ΔE 11.6 Bisque · ΔE 12 Blanched almond · ΔE 12.8 Peach puff · ΔE 12.8 Moccasin · ΔE 13.2

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9B3D6

Analogous#D6B6A9, #CAD6A9

Triadic#A9D6CC, #CCA9D6

Split complementary#A9C9D6, #B6A9D6

Tetradic#A9D6B6, #A9B3D6, #D6A9C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F5EE

Lighter +10%#E6E0CC

Darker −10%#C6B886

Darker −20%#B5A364

Darker −30%#9C8A4A

Darker −40%#796B3A

More saturated +25%#E6D599

Less saturated −25%#C6C3B9

Channel breakdown

R214

G204

B169

Red214 (83.9%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue46.67°

Saturation (HSL)35.43%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D6 · G CC · B A9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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