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Recognised as Colour

#DCD4A7

  • #DCD4A7
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DCD4A7 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 212, 167 and HSL 51°, 43%, 76%. 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

#DCD4A7#DCD4A7
HEX#DCD4A7
RGBrgb(220, 212, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8314, 0.6549
RGB percentages86.3%, 83.1%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(50.9, 43.1%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 24.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 3.6%, 24.1%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,472,359
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD4A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65093WCAG 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 14.02:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#232B58

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDD1A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFD4A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E4CDC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 7.6Moccasin · ΔE 10.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.6Navajo white · ΔE 11.6Bisque · ΔE 12.3Blanched almond · ΔE 13
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7AFDC
Analogous#DCB9A7, #CADCA7
Triadic#A7DCD4, #D4A7DC
Split complementary#A7CADC, #B9A7DC
Tetradic#A7DCB9, #A7AFDC, #DCA7C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F8F0
Lighter +10%#EBE6CB
Darker −10%#CDC283
Darker −20%#BFB05E
Darker −30%#A79843
Darker −40%#837734
More saturated +25%#EBDF98
Less saturated −25%#CDC9B6

Channel breakdown

R220
G212
B167
Red220 (86.3%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue50.94°
Saturation (HSL)43.09%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D4 · B A7

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