Recognised as Colour

#D6C361

#D6C361
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D6C361 is a yellow with RGB values 214, 195, 97 and HSL 50°, 59%, 61%. 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#D6C361

RGBrgb(214, 195, 97)

RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.7647, 0.3804

RGB percentages83.9%, 76.5%, 38%

HSLhsl(50.3, 58.8%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 54.7%, 83.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 54.7%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,074,721

CSS custom property--colour: #D6C361;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.84:1

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

Contrast with black11.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#293C9E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D3BE58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C565no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E5B7ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.7 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 text11.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.2 Khaki · ΔE 13.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 24 Burlywood · ΔE 24.5 Navajo white · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6174D6

Analogous#D68961, #AED661

Triadic#61D6C3, #C361D6

Split complementary#61AFD6, #8961D6

Tetradic#61D689, #6174D6, #D661AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F1DA

Lighter +20%#EBE2B2

Lighter +10%#E1D289

Darker −10%#CBB439

Darker −20%#A6922B

Darker −30%#7D6E21

Darker −40%#554B16

More saturated +25%#EFD448

Less saturated −25%#BDB27A

Channel breakdown

R214

G195

B97

Red214 (83.9%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue97 (38%)

Hue50.26°

Saturation (HSL)58.79%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D6 · G C3 · B 61

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