Recognised as Colour

#D6C77F

#D6C77F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D6C77F is a yellow with RGB values 214, 199, 127 and HSL 50°, 51%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#D6C77F#D6C77F

HEX#D6C77F

RGBrgb(214, 199, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.7804, 0.498

RGB percentages83.9%, 78%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(49.7, 51.5%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 40.7%, 83.9%)

CMYK0%, 7%, 40.7%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,075,775

CSS custom property--colour: #D6C77F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#293880

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C37Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C982no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E2BDB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7.8 Khaki · ΔE 13.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.4 Burlywood · ΔE 14.6 Navajo white · ΔE 16.8 Tan · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F8ED6

Analogous#D69B7F, #B9D67F

Triadic#7FD6C7, #C77FD6

Split complementary#7FB9D6, #9B7FD6

Tetradic#7FD69C, #7F8ED6, #D67FBA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFAF3

Lighter +20%#EFE9CC

Lighter +10%#E2D8A6

Darker −10%#CAB658

Darker −20%#B5A03A

Darker −30%#8E7E2E

Darker −40%#685C21

More saturated +25%#EBD56A

Less saturated −25%#C1B994

Channel breakdown

R214

G199

B127

Red214 (83.9%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue49.66°

Saturation (HSL)51.48%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D6 · G C7 · B 7F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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