Recognised as Colour
#D8D5AB
- #D8D5AB
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#D8D5AB is a yellow with RGB values 216, 213, 171 and HSL 56°, 37%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#D8D5AB#D8D5AB
HEX#D8D5AB
RGBrgb(216, 213, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8353, 0.6706
RGB percentages84.7%, 83.5%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(56, 36.6%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56, 20.8%, 84.7%)
CMYK0%, 1.4%, 20.8%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,210,475
CSS custom property--colour: #D8D5AB;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.65128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.03:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#272A54
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#ABAED8
Analogous#D8BFAB, #C4D8AB
Triadic#ABD8D5, #D5ABD8
Split complementary#ABC5D8, #BFABD8
Tetradic#ABD8BE, #ABAED8, #D8ABC4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R216
G213
B171
Red216 (84.7%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue56°
Saturation (HSL)36.59%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D8 · G D5 · B AB
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