Recognised as Colour

#D7CA96

#D7CA96
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D7CA96 is a yellow with RGB values 215, 202, 150 and HSL 48°, 45%, 72%. 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

#D7CA96#D7CA96

HEX#D7CA96

RGBrgb(215, 202, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.7922, 0.5882

RGB percentages84.3%, 79.2%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(48, 44.8%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 30.2%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 30.2%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,142,102

CSS custom property--colour: #D7CA96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.78:1

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

Contrast with black12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#283569

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5C793no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8CC98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E1C2BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 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 text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 10.1 Tan · ΔE 10.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.2 Burlywood · ΔE 11.5 Navajo white · ΔE 11.9 Moccasin · ΔE 12

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)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#96A3D7

Analogous#D7AA96, #C3D796

Triadic#96D7CA, #CA96D7

Split complementary#96C4D7, #A996D7

Tetradic#96D7A9, #96A3D7, #D796C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3EFE0

Lighter +10%#E5DDBB

Darker −10%#C9B771

Darker −20%#BBA54C

Darker −30%#9A873A

Darker −40%#75662C

More saturated +25%#E9D584

Less saturated −25%#C5BFA8

Channel breakdown

R215

G202

B150

Red215 (84.3%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)44.83%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G CA · B 96

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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