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Recognised as Colour

#D8C135

  • #D8C135
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#D8C135 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 193, 53 and HSL 52°, 68%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#D8C135#D8C135
HEX#D8C135
RGBrgb(216, 193, 53)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.7569, 0.2078
RGB percentages84.7%, 75.7%, 20.8%
HSLhsl(51.5, 67.6%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 75.5%, 84.7%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 75.5%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,205,237
CSS custom property--colour: #D8C135;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.6:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#273ECA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4BC18no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAC43Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E9B2A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.5Gold · ΔE 21.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.4Khaki · ΔE 26.8Olive · ΔE 29.3Dark khaki · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#354CD8
Analogous#D87035, #9DD835
Triadic#35D8C1, #C135D8
Split complementary#359ED8, #6F35D8
Tetradic#35D870, #354CD8, #D8359E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F5E0
Lighter +30%#F1E8B5
Lighter +20%#E9DB8A
Lighter +10%#E0CE60
Darker −10%#B7A223
Darker −20%#8C7C1B
Darker −30%#615613
Darker −40%#36300B
More saturated +25%#F6D717
Less saturated −25%#BAAB53

Channel breakdown

R216
G193
B53
Red216 (84.7%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue53 (20.8%)
Hue51.53°
Saturation (HSL)67.63%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D8 · G C1 · B 35

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