Recognised as Colour
#DCD3AD
- #DCD3AD
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#DCD3AD is a yellow with RGB values 220, 211, 173 and HSL 49°, 40%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#DCD3AD#DCD3AD
HEX#DCD3AD
RGBrgb(220, 211, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8275, 0.6784
RGB percentages86.3%, 82.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(48.5, 40.2%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 21.4%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 4.1%, 21.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,472,109
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD3AD;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.64821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.96:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#232C52
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#ADB6DC
Analogous#DCBCAD, #CEDCAD
Triadic#ADDCD3, #D3ADDC
Split complementary#ADCEDC, #BCADDC
Tetradic#ADDCBC, #ADB6DC, #DCADCE
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R220
G211
B173
Red220 (86.3%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue48.51°
Saturation (HSL)40.17%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D3 · B AD
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