Recognised as Colour

#D7C987

#D7C987
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D7C987 is a yellow with RGB values 215, 201, 135 and HSL 50°, 50%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D7C987

RGBrgb(215, 201, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.7882, 0.5294

RGB percentages84.3%, 78.8%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(49.5, 50%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 37.2%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 37.2%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,141,831

CSS custom property--colour: #D7C987;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.59:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#283678

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5C582no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9CB89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E3C0B8no 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 text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.4 Burlywood · ΔE 13.1 Navajo white · ΔE 14.6 Khaki · ΔE 14.7 Wheat · ΔE 15.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8795D7

Analogous#D7A187, #BDD787

Triadic#87D7C9, #C987D7

Split complementary#87BDD7, #A187D7

Tetradic#87D7A1, #8795D7, #D787BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFDFA

Lighter +20%#F1EBD3

Lighter +10%#E4DAAD

Darker −10%#CAB861

Darker −20%#BAA43E

Darker −30%#948331

Darker −40%#6E6125

More saturated +25%#EBD673

Less saturated −25%#C3BC9B

Channel breakdown

R215

G201

B135

Red215 (84.3%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue49.5°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness68.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G C9 · B 87

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