Recognised as Colour

#D6C785

#D6C785
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D6C785 is a yellow with RGB values 214, 199, 133 and HSL 49°, 50%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D6C785

RGBrgb(214, 199, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.7804, 0.5216

RGB percentages83.9%, 78%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(48.9, 49.7%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 37.9%, 83.9%)

CMYK0%, 7%, 37.9%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,075,781

CSS custom property--colour: #D6C785;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56836WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.37:1

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

Contrast with black12.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#29387A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C480no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C987no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E2BEB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 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 text12.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.2 Burlywood · ΔE 12.7 Navajo white · ΔE 14.9 Tan · ΔE 14.9 Khaki · ΔE 15.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.2, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8594D6

Analogous#D69F85, #BCD685

Triadic#85D6C7, #C785D6

Split complementary#85BCD6, #9F85D6

Tetradic#85D69F, #8594D6, #D685BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFCF8

Lighter +20%#F0EAD1

Lighter +10%#E3D9AB

Darker −10%#C9B55F

Darker −20%#B7A13E

Darker −30%#917F31

Darker −40%#6B5E24

More saturated +25%#EAD471

Less saturated −25%#C2BA99

Channel breakdown

R214

G199

B133

Red214 (83.9%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue48.89°

Saturation (HSL)49.69%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D6 · G C7 · B 85

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