Colour

#D9CEA2

#D9CEA2
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D9CEA2 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 206, 162 and HSL 48°, 42%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D9CEA2#D9CEA2

HEX#D9CEA2

RGBrgb(217, 206, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8078, 0.6353

RGB percentages85.1%, 80.8%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(48, 42%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 25.3%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 5.1%, 25.3%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,274,210

CSS custom property--colour: #D9CEA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.3:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#26315D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7CC9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DACFA3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E2C7C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.1 Moccasin · ΔE 11 Tan · ΔE 11.2 Navajo white · ΔE 11.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.2 Bisque · ΔE 12.7

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A2ADD9

Analogous#D9B3A2, #C9D9A2

Triadic#A2D9CE, #CEA2D9

Split complementary#A2C9D9, #B3A2D9

Tetradic#A2D9B3, #A2ADD9, #D9A2C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F4EA

Lighter +10%#E8E1C6

Darker −10%#CABB7E

Darker −20%#BBA85A

Darker −30%#A08D42

Darker −40%#7C6E33

More saturated +25%#E9D892

Less saturated −25%#C9C4B2

Channel breakdown

R217

G206

B162

Red217 (85.1%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)41.98%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G CE · B A2

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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