Recognised as Colour

#D4C055

#D4C055
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D4C055 is a yellow with RGB values 212, 192, 85 and HSL 51°, 60%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D4C055

RGBrgb(212, 192, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.7529, 0.3333

RGB percentages83.1%, 75.3%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(50.6, 59.6%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 59.9%, 83.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 59.9%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,942,869

CSS custom property--colour: #D4C055;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.47:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#2B3FAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1BB4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C35Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E3B3A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7 Khaki · ΔE 16.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.2 Olive · ΔE 26.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5569D4

Analogous#D48155, #A9D455

Triadic#55D4C0, #C055D4

Split complementary#55A9D4, #8055D4

Tetradic#55D481, #5569D4, #D455A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFCF8

Lighter +30%#F3EDCF

Lighter +20%#E9DEA6

Lighter +10%#DECF7E

Darker −10%#C4AD32

Darker −20%#9C8927

Darker −30%#73651D

Darker −40%#4A4113

More saturated +25%#EFD23A

Less saturated −25%#B9AE70

Channel breakdown

R212

G192

B85

Red212 (83.1%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue50.55°

Saturation (HSL)59.62%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D4 · G C0 · B 55

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Colour values

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