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Recognised as Colour

#D3C577

  • #D3C577
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#D3C577 is a yellow with RGB values 211, 197, 119 and HSL 51°, 51%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#D3C577#D3C577
HEX#D3C577
RGBrgb(211, 197, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.7725, 0.4667
RGB percentages82.7%, 77.3%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(50.9, 51.1%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 43.6%, 82.7%)
CMYK0%, 6.6%, 43.6%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,878,647
CSS custom property--colour: #D3C577;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.02:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#2C3A88

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#D3C171no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7C67Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E0BBB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#7785D3
Analogous#D39777, #B3D377
Triadic#77D3C5, #C577D3
Split complementary#77B3D3, #9777D3
Tetradic#77D397, #7785D3, #D377B3

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F6EB
Lighter +20%#ECE6C4
Lighter +10%#DFD59E
Darker −10%#C7B550
Darker −20%#AC9B38
Darker −30%#86782B
Darker −40%#5F551F
More saturated +25%#E9D560
Less saturated −25%#BCB58E

Channel breakdown

R211
G197
B119
Red211 (82.7%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue50.87°
Saturation (HSL)51.11%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D3 · G C5 · B 77

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