Colour

#D8C778

#D8C778
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D8C778 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 199, 120 and HSL 49°, 55%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D8C778

RGBrgb(216, 199, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.7804, 0.4706

RGB percentages84.7%, 78%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(49.4, 55.2%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 44.4%, 84.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 44.4%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,206,840

CSS custom property--colour: #D8C778;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.36:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#273887

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5C372no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DAC97Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E5BCB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.1 Khaki · ΔE 11.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.5 Burlywood · ΔE 16.8 Navajo white · ΔE 19.1 Tan · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.12, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7889D8

Analogous#D89778, #B9D878

Triadic#78D8C7, #C778D8

Split complementary#78B9D8, #9778D8

Tetradic#78D897, #7889D8, #D878B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF8EF

Lighter +20%#EFE8C7

Lighter +10%#E3D7A0

Darker −10%#CDB750

Darker −20%#B69F34

Darker −30%#8E7C29

Darker −40%#665A1E

More saturated +25%#EED562

Less saturated −25%#C2B98E

Channel breakdown

R216

G199

B120

Red216 (84.7%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue49.38°

Saturation (HSL)55.17%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D8 · G C7 · B 78

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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