Recognised as Colour

#D7CA9C

#D7CA9C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D7CA9C is a yellow with RGB values 215, 202, 156 and HSL 47°, 42%, 73%. 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

#D7CA9C#D7CA9C

HEX#D7CA9C

RGBrgb(215, 202, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.7922, 0.6118

RGB percentages84.3%, 79.2%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(46.8, 42.4%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.8, 27.4%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 27.4%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,142,108

CSS custom property--colour: #D7CA9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.82:1

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

Contrast with black12.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#283563

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C899no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7CC9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E0C3BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 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 text12.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9 Tan · ΔE 9.9 Moccasin · ΔE 11.6 Burlywood · ΔE 11.8 Navajo white · ΔE 11.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.6

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CA9D7

Analogous#D7AD9C, #C7D79C

Triadic#9CD7CA, #CA9CD7

Split complementary#9CC7D7, #AC9CD7

Tetradic#9CD7AD, #9CA9D7, #D79CC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F1E5

Lighter +10%#E6DDC0

Darker −10%#C8B778

Darker −20%#BAA353

Darker −30%#9B873F

Darker −40%#776730

More saturated +25%#E8D48B

Less saturated −25%#C6C0AD

Channel breakdown

R215

G202

B156

Red215 (84.3%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue46.78°

Saturation (HSL)42.45%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G CA · B 9C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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