Colour

#D7D6AD

#D7D6AD
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D7D6AD is a yellow with RGB values 215, 214, 173 and HSL 59°, 34%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D7D6AD#D7D6AD

HEX#D7D6AD

RGBrgb(215, 214, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.8392, 0.6784

RGB percentages84.3%, 83.9%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(58.6, 34.4%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.6, 19.5%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 0.5%, 19.5%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,145,197

CSS custom property--colour: #D7D6AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.11:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#282952

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDD3ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DED5AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#DED1CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.4 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.7 Moccasin · ΔE 12.7 Blanched almond · ΔE 12.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADAED7

Analogous#D7C1AD, #C3D7AD

Triadic#ADD7D6, #D6ADD7

Split complementary#ADC3D7, #C1ADD7

Tetradic#ADD7C1, #ADAED7, #D7ADC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F8F2

Lighter +10%#E8E7CF

Darker −10%#C6C58B

Darker −20%#B6B468

Darker −30%#9E9C4D

Darker −40%#7C7A3C

More saturated +25%#E6E59E

Less saturated −25%#C8C7BC

Channel breakdown

R215

G214

B173

Red215 (84.3%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue58.57°

Saturation (HSL)34.43%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G D6 · B AD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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