Recognised as Colour

#D4BE40

#D4BE40
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#D4BE40 is a yellow with RGB values 212, 190, 64 and HSL 51°, 63%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#D4BE40#D4BE40

HEX#D4BE40

RGBrgb(212, 190, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.7451, 0.251

RGB percentages83.1%, 74.5%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(51.1, 63.2%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 69.8%, 83.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.4%, 69.8%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,942,336

CSS custom property--colour: #D4BE40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.24:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#2B41BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0B92Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C148no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E4B0A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.6 Khaki · ΔE 23 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.5 Gold · ΔE 26.2 Olive · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4056D4

Analogous#D47440, #A0D440

Triadic#40D4BE, #BE40D4

Split complementary#40A0D4, #7440D4

Tetradic#40D474, #4056D4, #D440A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F7E7

Lighter +30%#F0E9BD

Lighter +20%#E7DA93

Lighter +10%#DDCC6A

Darker −10%#B8A329

Darker −20%#8E7E20

Darker −30%#645917

Darker −40%#3B340D

More saturated +25%#F1D323

Less saturated −25%#B7A95D

Channel breakdown

R212

G190

B64

Red212 (83.1%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue51.08°

Saturation (HSL)63.25%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D4 · G BE · B 40

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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