Recognised as Colour

#D5C41F

#D5C41F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#D5C41F is a yellow with RGB values 213, 196, 31 and HSL 54°, 75%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#D5C41F#D5C41F

HEX#D5C41F

RGBrgb(213, 196, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.8353, 0.7686, 0.1216

RGB percentages83.5%, 76.9%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(54.4, 74.6%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.4, 85.4%, 83.5%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 85.4%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,009,375

CSS custom property--colour: #D5C41F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.74:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#2A3BE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7BD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCC530no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E6B5A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.8 Yellow green · ΔE 29.4 Yellow · ΔE 29.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30 Olive · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F30D5

Analogous#D5691F, #8BD51F

Triadic#1FD5C4, #C41FD5

Split complementary#1F8BD5, #691FD5

Tetradic#1FD569, #1F30D5, #D51F8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F3C9

Lighter +30%#F1E99C

Lighter +20%#EADF70

Lighter +10%#E4D543

Darker −10%#A89B19

Darker −20%#7C7212

Darker −30%#4F490C

Darker −40%#232005

More saturated +25%#F4DD00

Less saturated −25%#B7AB3E

Channel breakdown

R213

G196

B31

Red213 (83.5%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue54.4°

Saturation (HSL)74.59%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D5 · G C4 · B 1F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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