Recognised as Colour

#D5C277

#D5C277
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D5C277 is a yellow with RGB values 213, 194, 119 and HSL 48°, 53%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D5C277

RGBrgb(213, 194, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.8353, 0.7608, 0.4667

RGB percentages83.5%, 76.1%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(47.9, 52.8%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.9, 44.1%, 83.5%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 44.1%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,008,951

CSS custom property--colour: #D5C277;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#2A3D88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0BF71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5C57Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E2B8B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7.4 Khaki · ΔE 13.9 Burlywood · ΔE 14.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16 Tan · ΔE 18.2 Navajo white · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#778AD5

Analogous#D59377, #B9D577

Triadic#77D5C2, #C277D5

Split complementary#77B9D5, #9377D5

Tetradic#77D593, #778AD5, #D577B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F6EC

Lighter +20%#EDE5C5

Lighter +10%#E1D39E

Darker −10%#C9B150

Darker −20%#B09736

Darker −30%#89762A

Darker −40%#62541E

More saturated +25%#EBCF61

Less saturated −25%#BFB58D

Channel breakdown

R213

G194

B119

Red213 (83.5%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue47.87°

Saturation (HSL)52.81%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D5 · G C2 · B 77

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