Recognised as Colour

#DCD3A2

#DCD3A2
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DCD3A2 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 211, 162 and HSL 51°, 45%, 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

#DCD3A2#DCD3A2

HEX#DCD3A2

RGBrgb(220, 211, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8275, 0.6353

RGB percentages86.3%, 82.7%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(50.7, 45.3%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 26.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 4.1%, 26.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,472,098

CSS custom property--colour: #DCD3A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.8 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#232C5D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDD09Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFD4A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E5CCC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 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 8.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.3 Moccasin · ΔE 10.3 Navajo white · ΔE 11.1 Tan · ΔE 13.3 Bisque · ΔE 13.5

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A2ABDC

Analogous#DCB6A2, #C8DCA2

Triadic#A2DCD3, #D3A2DC

Split complementary#A2C8DC, #B6A2DC

Tetradic#A2DCB6, #A2ABDC, #DCA2C8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F6EC

Lighter +10%#EAE5C7

Darker −10%#CEC17D

Darker −20%#C0B058

Darker −30%#A6963F

Darker −40%#817531

More saturated +25%#ECDE92

Less saturated −25%#CCC8B2

Channel breakdown

R220

G211

B162

Red220 (86.3%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue50.69°

Saturation (HSL)45.31%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G D3 · B A2

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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