Recognised as Colour

#D7D40F

#D7D40F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#D7D40F is a yellow with RGB values 215, 212, 15 and HSL 59°, 87%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#D7D40F#D7D40F

HEX#D7D40F

RGBrgb(215, 212, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.8314, 0.0588

RGB percentages84.3%, 83.1%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(59.1, 87%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.1, 93%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 1.4%, 93%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,144,527

CSS custom property--colour: #D7D40F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.31:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#282BF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7CB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D02Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E7C5B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 17.1 Yellow · ΔE 20.2 Yellow green · ΔE 26 Goldenrod · ΔE 31 Green yellow · ΔE 36.4 Khaki · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 17.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F12D7

Analogous#D7700F, #76D70F

Triadic#0FD7D4, #D40FD7

Split complementary#0F76D7, #700FD7

Tetradic#0FD770, #0F12D7, #D70F76

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF9B8

Lighter +30%#F7F588

Lighter +20%#F3F159

Lighter +10%#F0ED29

Darker −10%#A7A50C

Darker −20%#787608

Darker −30%#484705

Darker −40%#181802

More saturated +25%#E6E300

Less saturated −25%#BAB82C

Channel breakdown

R215

G212

B15

Red215 (84.3%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue59.1°

Saturation (HSL)86.96%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G D4 · B 0F

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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