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Recognised as Colour

#DCD3A1

  • #DCD3A1
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DCD3A1 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 211, 161 and HSL 51°, 46%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DCD3A1#DCD3A1
HEX#DCD3A1
RGBrgb(220, 211, 161)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8275, 0.6314
RGB percentages86.3%, 82.7%, 63.1%
HSLhsl(50.8, 45.7%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 26.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 4.1%, 26.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,472,097
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD3A1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.88:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#232C5E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDD09Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0D4A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E5CCC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9Moccasin · ΔE 10.4Navajo white · ΔE 11.1Tan · ΔE 13.4Bisque · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1AADC
Analogous#DCB5A1, #C8DCA1
Triadic#A1DCD3, #D3A1DC
Split complementary#A1C8DC, #B5A1DC
Tetradic#A1DCB5, #A1AADC, #DCA1C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F6EB
Lighter +10%#EAE4C6
Darker −10%#CEC27C
Darker −20%#C0B057
Darker −30%#A6963E
Darker −40%#817530
More saturated +25%#ECDE91
Less saturated −25%#CCC8B1

Channel breakdown

R220
G211
B161
Red220 (86.3%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue161 (63.1%)
Hue50.85°
Saturation (HSL)45.74%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D3 · B A1

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