Recognised as Colour

#D6C558

#D6C558
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#D6C558 is a yellow with RGB values 214, 197, 88 and HSL 52°, 61%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D6C558

RGBrgb(214, 197, 88)

RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.7725, 0.3451

RGB percentages83.9%, 77.3%, 34.5%

HSLhsl(51.9, 60.6%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 58.9%, 83.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 58.9%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,075,224

CSS custom property--colour: #D6C558;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.99:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#293AA7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C04Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBC75Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#E5B8ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.5 Olive · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5869D6

Analogous#D68658, #A8D658

Triadic#58D6C5, #C558D6

Split complementary#58A8D6, #8658D6

Tetradic#58D686, #5869D6, #D658A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEFC

Lighter +30%#F4F0D3

Lighter +20%#EAE1AA

Lighter +10%#E0D381

Darker −10%#CAB531

Darker −20%#A19027

Darker −30%#786B1D

Darker −40%#4F4713

More saturated +25%#F0D83E

Less saturated −25%#BCB272

Channel breakdown

R214

G197

B88

Red214 (83.9%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue88 (34.5%)

Hue51.9°

Saturation (HSL)60.58%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D6 · G C5 · B 58

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Colour values

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