Recognised as Colour
#DCD7AC
- #DCD7AC
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#DCD7AC is a yellow with RGB values 220, 215, 172 and HSL 54°, 41%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#DCD7AC#DCD7AC
HEX#DCD7AC
RGBrgb(220, 215, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8431, 0.6745
RGB percentages86.3%, 84.3%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(53.7, 40.7%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.7, 21.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 2.3%, 21.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,473,132
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD7AC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.66795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.36:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#232853
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#ACB1DC
Analogous#DCBFAC, #C9DCAC
Triadic#ACDCD7, #D7ACDC
Split complementary#ACC9DC, #BFACDC
Tetradic#ACDCBF, #ACB1DC, #DCACC9
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R220
G215
B172
Red220 (86.3%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue53.75°
Saturation (HSL)40.68%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D7 · B AC
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