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Recognised as Colour

#DCD7CB

  • #DCD7CB
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#DCD7CB is a orange with RGB values 220, 215, 203 and HSL 42°, 20%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#DCD7CB#DCD7CB
HEX#DCD7CB
RGBrgb(220, 215, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8431, 0.7961
RGB percentages86.3%, 84.3%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(42.4, 19.5%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(42.4, 7.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 2.3%, 7.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,473,163
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD7CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.63:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#232834

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAD6CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBD8CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#DFD5D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 6.7Gainsboro · ΔE 6.7Antique white · ΔE 9.4Linen · ΔE 9.5Silver · ΔE 10.6Old lace · ΔE 10.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBD0DC
Analogous#DCCECB, #D8DCCB
Triadic#CBDCD7, #D7CBDC
Split complementary#CBD8DC, #CECBDC
Tetradic#CBDCCE, #CBD0DC, #DCCBD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1EEE9
Darker −10%#C7C0AD
Darker −20%#B3A88E
Darker −30%#9E9170
Darker −40%#837658
More saturated +25%#E7DBC0
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R220
G215
B203
Red220 (86.3%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue42.35°
Saturation (HSL)19.54%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D7 · B CB

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