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Recognised as Colour

#D8CB97

  • #D8CB97
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#D8CB97 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 203, 151 and HSL 48°, 45%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D8CB97#D8CB97
HEX#D8CB97
RGBrgb(216, 203, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.7961, 0.5922
RGB percentages84.7%, 79.6%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(48, 45.5%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48, 30.1%, 84.7%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 30.1%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,207,895
CSS custom property--colour: #D8CB97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.91:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#273468

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6C894no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9CD99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E2C3BDno 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 text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.9Tan · ΔE 11.1Navajo white · ΔE 11.6Burlywood · ΔE 11.6Moccasin · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97A4D8
Analogous#D8AB97, #C4D897
Triadic#97D8CB, #CB97D8
Split complementary#97C5D8, #AA97D8
Tetradic#97D8AA, #97A4D8, #D897C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F0E1
Lighter +10%#E6DEBC
Darker −10%#CAB872
Darker −20%#BCA64D
Darker −30%#9C883A
Darker −40%#77682C
More saturated +25%#EAD685
Less saturated −25%#C6C0A9

Channel breakdown

R216
G203
B151
Red216 (84.7%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue48°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D8 · G CB · B 97

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