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Colour

#DCD9CF

  • #DCD9CF
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCD9CF is a yellow with RGB values 220, 217, 207 and HSL 46°, 16%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCD9CF#DCD9CF
HEX#DCD9CF
RGBrgb(220, 217, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.851, 0.8118
RGB percentages86.3%, 85.1%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(46.2, 15.7%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.2, 5.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 1.4%, 5.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,473,679
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD9CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.87:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#232630

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBD8CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCD9CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#DED7D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.4Light grey · ΔE 5.7Linen · ΔE 9Antique white · ΔE 9.8Silver · ΔE 10.4Old lace · ΔE 10.5
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFD2DC
Analogous#DCD3CF, #D9DCCF
Triadic#CFDCD9, #D9CFDC
Split complementary#CFD9DC, #D3CFDC
Tetradic#CFDCD3, #CFD2DC, #DCCFD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F0EC
Darker −10%#C6C2B2
Darker −20%#B1AA94
Darker −30%#9B9377
Darker −40%#81795E
More saturated +25%#E6DFC5
Less saturated −25%#D6D6D6

Channel breakdown

R220
G217
B207
Red220 (86.3%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue46.15°
Saturation (HSL)15.66%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D9 · B CF

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