Recognised as Colour

#D9BA49

#D9BA49
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#D9BA49 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 186, 73 and HSL 47°, 65%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#D9BA49#D9BA49

HEX#D9BA49

RGBrgb(217, 186, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7294, 0.2863

RGB percentages85.1%, 72.9%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(47.1, 65.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 66.4%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 14.3%, 66.4%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,269,001

CSS custom property--colour: #D9BA49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.07:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#2645B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDB73Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5C04Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EAACA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.7 Khaki · ΔE 21.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.6 Olive · ΔE 27.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 14.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4968D9

Analogous#D97249, #B0D949

Triadic#49D9BA, #BA49D9

Split complementary#49B0D9, #7249D9

Tetradic#49D972, #4968D9, #D949B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFAF2

Lighter +30%#F3EAC8

Lighter +20%#EBDA9D

Lighter +10%#E2CA73

Darker −10%#C6A429

Darker −20%#9C8120

Darker −30%#715E18

Darker −40%#473B0F

More saturated +25%#F4CA2D

Less saturated −25%#BEAA64

Channel breakdown

R217

G186

B73

Red217 (85.1%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue47.08°

Saturation (HSL)65.45%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G BA · B 49

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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