Colour

#DBCF9D

#DBCF9D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DBCF9D is a yellow with RGB values 219, 207, 157 and HSL 48°, 46%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DBCF9D#DBCF9D

HEX#DBCF9D

RGBrgb(219, 207, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8118, 0.6157

RGB percentages85.9%, 81.2%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(48.4, 46.3%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 28.3%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.5%, 28.3%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,405,533

CSS custom property--colour: #DBCF9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.42:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#243062

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9CC9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDD09Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E5C8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.1 Moccasin · ΔE 10.6 Navajo white · ΔE 10.9 Tan · ΔE 11.8 Burlywood · ΔE 12.6

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DA9DB

Analogous#DBB09D, #C8DB9D

Triadic#9DDBCF, #CF9DDB

Split complementary#9DC8DB, #B09DDB

Tetradic#9DDBB0, #9DA9DB, #DB9DC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F4E8

Lighter +10%#E9E1C2

Darker −10%#CDBD78

Darker −20%#C0AA52

Darker −30%#A38F3C

Darker −40%#7E6E2E

More saturated +25%#ECD98C

Less saturated −25%#CAC5AE

Channel breakdown

R219

G207

B157

Red219 (85.9%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue48.39°

Saturation (HSL)46.27%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G CF · B 9D

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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