Colour

#D3C379

#D3C379
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D3C379 is a yellow with RGB values 211, 195, 121 and HSL 49°, 51%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D3C379

RGBrgb(211, 195, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.7647, 0.4745

RGB percentages82.7%, 76.5%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(49.3, 50.6%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 42.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 42.7%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,878,137

CSS custom property--colour: #D3C379;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.85:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#2C3C86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1BF73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5C57Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E0B9B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.7 Khaki · ΔE 13.8 Burlywood · ΔE 14.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.2 Tan · ΔE 18 Navajo white · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7989D3

Analogous#D39679, #B6D379

Triadic#79D3C3, #C379D3

Split complementary#79B6D3, #9679D3

Tetradic#79D396, #7989D3, #D379B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F7EC

Lighter +20%#ECE5C6

Lighter +10%#E0D49F

Darker −10%#C6B253

Darker −20%#AD9839

Darker −30%#87772C

Darker −40%#605520

More saturated +25%#E9D163

Less saturated −25%#BDB58F

Channel breakdown

R211

G195

B121

Red211 (82.7%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue49.33°

Saturation (HSL)50.56%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D3 · G C3 · B 79

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Colour values

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