Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#D6C144

  • #D6C144
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#D6C144 is a yellow with RGB values 214, 193, 68 and HSL 51°, 64%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#D6C144#D6C144
HEX#D6C144
RGBrgb(214, 193, 68)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.7569, 0.2667
RGB percentages83.9%, 75.7%, 26.7%
HSLhsl(51.4, 64%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 68.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK0%, 9.8%, 68.2%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,074,180
CSS custom property--colour: #D6C144;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#293EBB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3BC33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9C44Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#E6B3A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17.6Khaki · ΔE 22Dark khaki · ΔE 24.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.8Gold · ΔE 26.4Olive · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4459D6
Analogous#D67844, #A2D644
Triadic#44D6C1, #C144D6
Split complementary#44A2D6, #7844D6
Tetradic#44D678, #4459D6, #D644A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF8EB
Lighter +30%#F2EBC1
Lighter +20%#E8DD98
Lighter +10%#DFCF6E
Darker −10%#BDA82A
Darker −20%#948320
Darker −30%#6A5E17
Darker −40%#40390E
More saturated +25%#F3D528
Less saturated −25%#BAAD61

Channel breakdown

R214
G193
B68
Red214 (83.9%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue68 (26.7%)
Hue51.37°
Saturation (HSL)64.04%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D6 · G C1 · B 44

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “d6c144” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.