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Recognised as Colour

#D8CD99

  • #D8CD99
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#D8CD99 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 205, 153 and HSL 50°, 45%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D8CD99#D8CD99
HEX#D8CD99
RGBrgb(216, 205, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8039, 0.6
RGB percentages84.7%, 80.4%, 60%
HSLhsl(49.5, 44.7%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 29.2%, 84.7%)
CMYK0%, 5.1%, 29.2%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,208,409
CSS custom property--colour: #D8CD99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.11:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#273266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7CA96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBCE9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E2C5BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.2Moccasin · ΔE 11.6Navajo white · ΔE 11.8Tan · ΔE 12Burlywood · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99A4D8
Analogous#D8AD99, #C3D899
Triadic#99D8CD, #CD99D8
Split complementary#99C3D8, #AD99D8
Tetradic#99D8AD, #99A4D8, #D899C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F1E3
Lighter +10%#E6DFBE
Darker −10%#CABB74
Darker −20%#BCA94F
Darker −30%#9C8B3C
Darker −40%#776A2E
More saturated +25%#EAD887
Less saturated −25%#C6C2AB

Channel breakdown

R216
G205
B153
Red216 (84.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue49.52°
Saturation (HSL)44.68%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D8 · G CD · B 99

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