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Recognised as Colour

#D3C478

  • #D3C478
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#D3C478 is a yellow with RGB values 211, 196, 120 and HSL 50°, 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

#D3C478#D3C478
HEX#D3C478
RGBrgb(211, 196, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.7686, 0.4706
RGB percentages82.7%, 76.9%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(50.1, 50.8%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 43.1%, 82.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.1%, 43.1%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,878,392
CSS custom property--colour: #D3C478;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.94:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#2C3B87

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#D2C072no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6C67Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#E0BAB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#7887D3
Analogous#D39678, #B4D378
Triadic#78D3C4, #C478D3
Split complementary#78B4D3, #9678D3
Tetradic#78D396, #7887D3, #D378B4

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F6EB
Lighter +20%#ECE6C5
Lighter +10%#E0D59E
Darker −10%#C6B352
Darker −20%#AD9A38
Darker −30%#86772C
Darker −40%#60551F
More saturated +25%#E9D362
Less saturated −25%#BDB58E

Channel breakdown

R211
G196
B120
Red211 (82.7%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue50.11°
Saturation (HSL)50.84%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D3 · G C4 · B 78

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