Recognised as Colour

#D5D659

#D5D659
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#D5D659 is a yellow with RGB values 213, 214, 89 and HSL 60°, 60%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D5D659

RGBrgb(213, 214, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.8353, 0.8392, 0.349

RGB percentages83.5%, 83.9%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(60.5, 60.4%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.5, 58.4%, 83.9%)

CMYK0.5%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,014,041

CSS custom property--colour: #D5D659;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.59:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#2A29A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CE4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D260no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E3CABBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18.1 Yellow green · ΔE 23.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.1 Gold · ΔE 30.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A59D6

Analogous#D69959, #96D659

Triadic#59D5D6, #D659D5

Split complementary#5996D6, #9959D6

Tetradic#59D699, #5A59D6, #D65997

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEFD

Lighter +30%#F4F4D4

Lighter +20%#EAEAAB

Lighter +10%#DFE082

Darker −10%#C9CA32

Darker −20%#A0A128

Darker −30%#78781E

Darker −40%#4F4F14

More saturated +25%#EEF03F

Less saturated −25%#BCBC73

Channel breakdown

R213

G214

B89

Red213 (83.5%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue60.48°

Saturation (HSL)60.39%

Lightness59.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR D5 · G D6 · B 59

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Colour values

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