Recognised as Colour

#D8CB9A

#D8CB9A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D8CB9A is a yellow with RGB values 216, 203, 154 and HSL 47°, 44%, 73%. 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

#D8CB9A#D8CB9A

HEX#D8CB9A

RGBrgb(216, 203, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.7961, 0.6039

RGB percentages84.7%, 79.6%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(47.4, 44.3%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 28.7%, 84.7%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 28.7%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,207,898

CSS custom property--colour: #D8CB9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.93:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#273465

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5C897no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9CD9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E2C4BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.2 Tan · ΔE 10.5 Moccasin · ΔE 11.4 Navajo white · ΔE 11.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.5 Burlywood · ΔE 11.7

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AA7D8

Analogous#D8AC9A, #C6D89A

Triadic#9AD8CB, #CB9AD8

Split complementary#9AC6D8, #AC9AD8

Tetradic#9AD8AC, #9AA7D8, #D89AC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F1E4

Lighter +10%#E6DEBF

Darker −10%#CAB875

Darker −20%#BCA550

Darker −30%#9D883C

Darker −40%#78682E

More saturated +25%#EAD589

Less saturated −25%#C6C1AB

Channel breakdown

R216

G203

B154

Red216 (84.7%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue47.42°

Saturation (HSL)44.29%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D8 · G CB · B 9A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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