Recognised as Colour

#D7CA98

#D7CA98
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D7CA98 is a yellow with RGB values 215, 202, 152 and HSL 48°, 44%, 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

#D7CA98#D7CA98

HEX#D7CA98

RGBrgb(215, 202, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.7922, 0.5961

RGB percentages84.3%, 79.2%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(47.6, 44.1%, 72%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 29.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 29.3%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,142,104

CSS custom property--colour: #D7CA98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201 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#283567

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C795no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8CC9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E1C3BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 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 9.7 Tan · ΔE 10.5 Burlywood · ΔE 11.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.6 Navajo white · ΔE 11.8 Moccasin · ΔE 11.8

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#98A5D7

Analogous#D7AA98, #C4D798

Triadic#98D7CA, #CA98D7

Split complementary#98C5D7, #AA98D7

Tetradic#98D7AA, #98A5D7, #D798C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F0E1

Lighter +10%#E5DDBD

Darker −10%#C9B773

Darker −20%#BAA44F

Darker −30%#9A873C

Darker −40%#75672E

More saturated +25%#E9D486

Less saturated −25%#C5C0AA

Channel breakdown

R215

G202

B152

Red215 (84.3%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue47.62°

Saturation (HSL)44.06%

Lightness71.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G CA · B 98

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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