Colour

#D0C279

#D0C279
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D0C279 is a yellow with RGB values 208, 194, 121 and HSL 50°, 48%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D0C279

RGBrgb(208, 194, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.8157, 0.7608, 0.4745

RGB percentages81.6%, 76.1%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(50.3, 48.1%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 41.8%, 81.6%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 41.8%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,681,273

CSS custom property--colour: #D0C279;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#2F3D86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFBE73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3C37Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DCB8B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.9 Khaki · ΔE 14.3 Burlywood · ΔE 15 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.2 Tan · ΔE 17.7 Navajo white · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7987D0

Analogous#D09779, #B3D079

Triadic#79D0C2, #C279D0

Split complementary#79B3D0, #9779D0

Tetradic#79D096, #7987D0, #D079B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F6EA

Lighter +20%#EAE4C5

Lighter +10%#DDD39F

Darker −10%#C3B153

Darker −20%#A8963B

Darker −30%#82752E

Darker −40%#5D5320

More saturated +25%#E7D162

Less saturated −25%#B9B390

Channel breakdown

R208

G194

B121

Red208 (81.6%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue50.34°

Saturation (HSL)48.07%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D0 · G C2 · B 79

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Colour values

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