Colour

#DCD3A4

#DCD3A4
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DCD3A4 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 211, 164 and HSL 50°, 44%, 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

#DCD3A4#DCD3A4

HEX#DCD3A4

RGBrgb(220, 211, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8275, 0.6431

RGB percentages86.3%, 82.7%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(50.4, 44.4%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 25.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 4.1%, 25.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,472,100

CSS custom property--colour: #DCD3A4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.9:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#232C5B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCD0A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFD4A6no 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 21.9 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 text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 7.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10 Moccasin · ΔE 10.2 Navajo white · ΔE 11.2 Bisque · ΔE 12.9 Tan · ΔE 13.1

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A4ADDC

Analogous#DCB7A4, #C9DCA4

Triadic#A4DCD3, #D3A4DC

Split complementary#A4C9DC, #B7A4DC

Tetradic#A4DCB7, #A4ADDC, #DCA4C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F7EE

Lighter +10%#EAE5C9

Darker −10%#CEC17F

Darker −20%#C0AF5A

Darker −30%#A79640

Darker −40%#827532

More saturated +25%#ECDE94

Less saturated −25%#CCC8B4

Channel breakdown

R220

G211

B164

Red220 (86.3%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue50.36°

Saturation (HSL)44.44%

Lightness75.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G D3 · B A4

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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