Recognised as Colour

#D4C460

#D4C460
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D4C460 is a yellow with RGB values 212, 196, 96 and HSL 52°, 57%, 60%. 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

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HEX#D4C460

RGBrgb(212, 196, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.7686, 0.3765

RGB percentages83.1%, 76.9%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(51.7, 57.4%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 54.7%, 83.1%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 54.7%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,943,904

CSS custom property--colour: #D4C460;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#2B3B9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4BF56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C565no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E2B8ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.4 Khaki · ΔE 13.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Burlywood · ΔE 25.7 Olive · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6070D4

Analogous#D48A60, #AAD460

Triadic#60D4C4, #C460D4

Split complementary#60AAD4, #8A60D4

Tetradic#60D48A, #6070D4, #D460AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F1D8

Lighter +20%#EAE2B0

Lighter +10%#DFD388

Darker −10%#C9B538

Darker −20%#A2922C

Darker −30%#7A6E21

Darker −40%#524A16

More saturated +25%#EDD647

Less saturated −25%#BBB279

Channel breakdown

R212

G196

B96

Red212 (83.1%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue51.72°

Saturation (HSL)57.43%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D4 · G C4 · B 60

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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