Recognised as Colour

#D1BC51

#D1BC51
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D1BC51 is a yellow with RGB values 209, 188, 81 and HSL 50°, 58%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#D1BC51#D1BC51

HEX#D1BC51

RGBrgb(209, 188, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.7373, 0.3176

RGB percentages82%, 73.7%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(50.2, 58.2%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 61.2%, 82%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 61.2%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,745,233

CSS custom property--colour: #D1BC51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.02:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#2E43AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDB845no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3BF56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E0AFA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.8 Khaki · ΔE 18 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Olive · ΔE 25.5 Burlywood · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5166D1

Analogous#D17C51, #A6D151

Triadic#51D1BC, #BC51D1

Split complementary#51A6D1, #7C51D1

Tetradic#51D17C, #5166D1, #D151A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFAF2

Lighter +30%#F1EBCA

Lighter +20%#E6DBA2

Lighter +10%#DCCC79

Darker −10%#BDA632

Darker −20%#958327

Darker −30%#6C5F1D

Darker −40%#443C12

More saturated +25%#EDCE35

Less saturated −25%#B5AA6D

Channel breakdown

R209

G188

B81

Red209 (82%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue50.16°

Saturation (HSL)58.18%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D1 · G BC · B 51

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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