Recognised as Colour

#D1C99F

#D1C99F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D1C99F is a yellow with RGB values 209, 201, 159 and HSL 50°, 35%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D1C99F#D1C99F

HEX#D1C99F

RGBrgb(209, 201, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.7882, 0.6235

RGB percentages82%, 78.8%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(50.4, 35.2%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 23.9%, 82%)

CMYK0%, 3.8%, 23.9%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,748,639

CSS custom property--colour: #D1C99F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.57:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#2E3660

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1C69Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4CAA0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D9C3BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 10.4 Tan · ΔE 10.8 Moccasin · ΔE 13.5 Burlywood · ΔE 14 Navajo white · ΔE 14.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.2

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 10.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9FA7D1

Analogous#D1B09F, #C0D19F

Triadic#9FD1C9, #C99FD1

Split complementary#9FC0D1, #B09FD1

Tetradic#9FD1B0, #9FA7D1, #D19FC0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2F0E4

Lighter +10%#E2DCC1

Darker −10%#C0B67D

Darker −20%#B0A25A

Darker −30%#918546

Darker −40%#6F6635

More saturated +25%#E3D58D

Less saturated −25%#BFBDB1

Channel breakdown

R209

G201

B159

Red209 (82%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue50.4°

Saturation (HSL)35.21%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D1 · G C9 · B 9F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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