Colour

#D9CC96

#D9CC96
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D9CC96 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 204, 150 and HSL 48°, 47%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D9CC96#D9CC96

HEX#D9CC96

RGBrgb(217, 204, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8, 0.5882

RGB percentages85.1%, 80%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(48.4, 46.9%, 72%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 30.9%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 30.9%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,273,686

CSS custom property--colour: #D9CC96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.03:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#263369

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7C992no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBCE98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E3C4BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 10.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.2 Navajo white · ΔE 11.5 Moccasin · ΔE 11.7 Burlywood · ΔE 11.8 Tan · ΔE 11.8

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 10.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96A3D9

Analogous#D9AB96, #C5D996

Triadic#96D9CC, #CC96D9

Split complementary#96C5D9, #AB96D9

Tetradic#96D9AA, #96A3D9, #D996C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F0E1

Lighter +10%#E7DEBB

Darker −10%#CBBA71

Darker −20%#BEA84B

Darker −30%#9D8A39

Darker −40%#78692B

More saturated +25%#EBD784

Less saturated −25%#C7C1A8

Channel breakdown

R217

G204

B150

Red217 (85.1%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue48.36°

Saturation (HSL)46.85%

Lightness71.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G CC · B 96

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Colour values

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