Recognised as Colour

#D8D398

#D8D398
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#D8D398 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 211, 152 and HSL 55°, 45%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#D8D398

RGBrgb(216, 211, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8275, 0.5961

RGB percentages84.7%, 82.7%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(55.3, 45.1%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.3, 29.6%, 84.7%)

CMYK0%, 2.3%, 29.6%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,209,944

CSS custom property--colour: #D8D398;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.69:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#272C67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDCF94no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFD29Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E1CBC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.5 Wheat · ΔE 12 Moccasin · ΔE 13.1 Navajo white · ΔE 13.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 14 Burlywood · ΔE 15.8

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.53, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#989DD8

Analogous#D8B398, #BDD898

Triadic#98D8D3, #D398D8

Split complementary#98BDD8, #B398D8

Tetradic#98D8B3, #989DD8, #D898BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F3E2

Lighter +10%#E6E3BD

Darker −10%#CAC373

Darker −20%#BCB34E

Darker −30%#9C943B

Darker −40%#77712D

More saturated +25%#EAE286

Less saturated −25%#C6C4AA

Channel breakdown

R216

G211

B152

Red216 (84.7%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue55.31°

Saturation (HSL)45.07%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D8 · G D3 · B 98

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