Recognised as Colour

#D4C126

#D4C126
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#D4C126 is a yellow with RGB values 212, 193, 38 and HSL 53°, 70%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#D4C126#D4C126

HEX#D4C126

RGBrgb(212, 193, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.7569, 0.149

RGB percentages83.1%, 75.7%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(53.4, 69.6%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 82.1%, 83.1%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 82.1%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,943,078

CSS custom property--colour: #D4C126;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1

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

Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#2B3ED9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4BB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9C334no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E5B2A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.9 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 text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.7 Yellow green · ΔE 30 Olive · ΔE 30.4 Khaki · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 18.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2639D4

Analogous#D46A26, #90D426

Triadic#26D4C1, #C126D4

Split complementary#2690D4, #6A26D4

Tetradic#26D46A, #2639D4, #D42690

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F2D0

Lighter +30%#EFE7A4

Lighter +20%#E7DB79

Lighter +10%#DFCF4E

Darker −10%#A99A1E

Darker −20%#7E7216

Darker −30%#524B0F

Darker −40%#272407

More saturated +25%#F3D907

Less saturated −25%#B5A945

Channel breakdown

R212

G193

B38

Red212 (83.1%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue53.45°

Saturation (HSL)69.6%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D4 · G C1 · B 26

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