Recognised as Colour

#D6DF97

#D6DF97
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#D6DF97 is a yellow with RGB values 214, 223, 151 and HSL 68°, 53%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#D6DF97

RGBrgb(214, 223, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.8745, 0.5922

RGB percentages83.9%, 87.5%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(67.5, 52.9%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.5, 32.3%, 87.5%)

CMYK4%, 0%, 32.3%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,081,943

CSS custom property--colour: #D6DF97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.86:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#292068

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D892no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9DA9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DED7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.9 Khaki · ΔE 12.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 18.6 Wheat · ΔE 19.1 Moccasin · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A097DF

Analogous#DFC497, #B2DF97

Triadic#97D6DF, #DF97D6

Split complementary#97B2DF, #C497DF

Tetradic#97DFC4, #A097DF, #DF97B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F7E5

Lighter +10%#E5EBBE

Darker −10%#C7D370

Darker −20%#B7C749

Darker −30%#9AA934

Darker −40%#778228

More saturated +25%#E3F086

Less saturated −25%#C9CEA8

Channel breakdown

R214

G223

B151

Red214 (83.9%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue67.5°

Saturation (HSL)52.94%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR D6 · G DF · B 97

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