Recognised as Colour

#D8C575

#D8C575
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D8C575 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 197, 117 and HSL 48°, 56%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D8C575

RGBrgb(216, 197, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.7725, 0.4588

RGB percentages84.7%, 77.3%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(48.5, 55.9%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 45.8%, 84.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 45.8%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,206,325

CSS custom property--colour: #D8C575;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.16:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#273A8A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C16Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9C878no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E6BAB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.3 Khaki · ΔE 12.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.6 Burlywood · ΔE 16.8 Navajo white · ΔE 19.6 Tan · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7588D8

Analogous#D89475, #B9D875

Triadic#75D8C5, #C575D8

Split complementary#75B9D8, #9375D8

Tetradic#75D894, #7588D8, #D875BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF7EC

Lighter +20%#EEE6C5

Lighter +10%#E3D69D

Darker −10%#CDB44D

Darker −20%#B49B33

Darker −30%#8C7928

Darker −40%#65571C

More saturated +25%#EED35F

Less saturated −25%#C2B78B

Channel breakdown

R216

G197

B117

Red216 (84.7%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue48.48°

Saturation (HSL)55.93%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D8 · G C5 · B 75

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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