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Recognised as Colour

#D8BC19

  • #D8BC19
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#D8BC19 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 188, 25 and HSL 51°, 79%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#D8BC19#D8BC19
HEX#D8BC19
RGBrgb(216, 188, 25)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.7373, 0.098
RGB percentages84.7%, 73.7%, 9.8%
HSLhsl(51.2, 79.3%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 88.4%, 84.7%)
CMYK0%, 13%, 88.4%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,203,929
CSS custom property--colour: #D8BC19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.13:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#2743E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0B700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7C12Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EAADA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 15.5Gold · ΔE 16.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.5Orange · ΔE 28.9Olive · ΔE 31.7Khaki · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1935D8
Analogous#D85C19, #95D819
Triadic#19D8BC, #BC19D8
Split complementary#1995D8, #5C19D8
Tetradic#19D85C, #1935D8, #D81995

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F1C5
Lighter +30%#F3E597
Lighter +20%#EEDA69
Lighter +10%#E8CF3C
Darker −10%#AA9414
Darker −20%#7D6C0E
Darker −30%#4F4509
Darker −40%#211D04
More saturated +25%#F1CE00
Less saturated −25%#BAA737

Channel breakdown

R216
G188
B25
Red216 (84.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue25 (9.8%)
Hue51.2°
Saturation (HSL)79.25%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D8 · G BC · B 19

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