Colour

#D8CA85

#D8CA85
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D8CA85 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 202, 133 and HSL 50°, 52%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D8CA85

RGBrgb(216, 202, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.7922, 0.5216

RGB percentages84.7%, 79.2%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(49.9, 51.6%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 38.4%, 84.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 38.4%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,207,621

CSS custom property--colour: #D8CA85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.71:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#27357A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7C680no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBCC88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#E4C1B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.6 Khaki · ΔE 13.4 Burlywood · ΔE 14.1 Navajo white · ΔE 15.3 Wheat · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8593D8

Analogous#D8A185, #BCD885

Triadic#85D8CA, #CA85D8

Split complementary#85BDD8, #A085D8

Tetradic#85D8A1, #8593D8, #D885BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCF9

Lighter +20%#F1ECD2

Lighter +10%#E4DBAC

Darker −10%#CCB95E

Darker −20%#BBA63C

Darker −30%#95832F

Darker −40%#6E6123

More saturated +25%#ECD771

Less saturated −25%#C4BD99

Channel breakdown

R216

G202

B133

Red216 (84.7%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue49.88°

Saturation (HSL)51.55%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D8 · G CA · B 85

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