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Colour

#D8D09E

  • #D8D09E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#D8D09E is a yellow with RGB values 216, 208, 158 and HSL 52°, 43%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D8D09E#D8D09E
HEX#D8D09E
RGBrgb(216, 208, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8157, 0.6196
RGB percentages84.7%, 81.6%, 62%
HSLhsl(51.7, 42.6%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 26.9%, 84.7%)
CMYK0%, 3.7%, 26.9%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,209,182
CSS custom property--colour: #D8D09E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.44:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#272F61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DACD9Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCD0A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E1C9C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.9Moccasin · ΔE 11.5Navajo white · ΔE 12.1Tan · ΔE 12.9Burlywood · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EA6D8
Analogous#D8B39E, #C3D89E
Triadic#9ED8D0, #D09ED8
Split complementary#9EC3D8, #B39ED8
Tetradic#9ED8B3, #9EA6D8, #D89EC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F3E7
Lighter +10%#E7E2C2
Darker −10%#C9BE7A
Darker −20%#BBAD55
Darker −30%#9E913F
Darker −40%#796F31
More saturated +25%#E9DC8D
Less saturated −25%#C7C4AF

Channel breakdown

R216
G208
B158
Red216 (84.7%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue51.72°
Saturation (HSL)42.65%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D8 · G D0 · B 9E

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