Recognised as Colour

#D8CB94

#D8CB94
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#D8CB94 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 203, 148 and HSL 49°, 47%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#D8CB94

RGBrgb(216, 203, 148)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.7961, 0.5804

RGB percentages84.7%, 79.6%, 58%

HSLhsl(48.5, 46.6%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 31.5%, 84.7%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 31.5%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,207,892

CSS custom property--colour: #D8CB94;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.89:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#27346B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C890no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DACD96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E2C3BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.4 Wheat · ΔE 10.7 Burlywood · ΔE 11.7 Tan · ΔE 11.9 Navajo white · ΔE 11.9 Moccasin · ΔE 12.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 10.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#94A1D8

Analogous#D8A994, #C3D894

Triadic#94D8CB, #CB94D8

Split complementary#94C3D8, #A994D8

Tetradic#94D8A9, #94A1D8, #D894C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3EFDF

Lighter +10%#E6DDB9

Darker −10%#CAB96F

Darker −20%#BDA749

Darker −30%#9B8838

Darker −40%#75672B

More saturated +25%#EAD682

Less saturated −25%#C6C0A6

Channel breakdown

R216

G203

B148

Red216 (84.7%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue48.53°

Saturation (HSL)46.58%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D8 · G CB · B 94

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