Recognised as Colour

#DFD4A9

#DFD4A9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DFD4A9 is a yellow with RGB values 223, 212, 169 and HSL 48°, 46%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DFD4A9#DFD4A9

HEX#DFD4A9

RGBrgb(223, 212, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8314, 0.6627

RGB percentages87.5%, 83.1%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(47.8, 45.8%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 24.2%, 87.5%)

CMYK0%, 4.9%, 24.2%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,668,969

CSS custom property--colour: #DFD4A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.13:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#202B56

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDD2A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0D5AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E8CDC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.5 Moccasin · ΔE 9.5 Navajo white · ΔE 10.7 Bisque · ΔE 10.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.3 Blanched almond · ΔE 11.9

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A9B4DF

Analogous#DFB9A9, #CFDFA9

Triadic#A9DFD4, #D4A9DF

Split complementary#A9CFDF, #B9A9DF

Tetradic#A9DFB9, #A9B4DF, #DFA9CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF9F3

Lighter +10%#EDE7CE

Darker −10%#D1C184

Darker −20%#C3AF5F

Darker −30%#AE9841

Darker −40%#897733

More saturated +25%#EEDD9A

Less saturated −25%#D0CBB8

Channel breakdown

R223

G212

B169

Red223 (87.5%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue47.78°

Saturation (HSL)45.76%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DF · G D4 · B A9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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