Recognised as Colour

#D9BF4C

#D9BF4C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#D9BF4C is a yellow with RGB values 217, 191, 76 and HSL 49°, 65%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#D9BF4C#D9BF4C

HEX#D9BF4C

RGBrgb(217, 191, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.749, 0.298

RGB percentages85.1%, 74.9%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(48.9, 65%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 65%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 12%, 65%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,270,284

CSS custom property--colour: #D9BF4C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.51:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#2640B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1BB3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C352no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E9B1A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.8 Khaki · ΔE 20 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.1 Olive · ΔE 27.5 Gold · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C66D9

Analogous#D9784C, #ADD94C

Triadic#4CD9BF, #BF4CD9

Split complementary#4CACD9, #794CD9

Tetradic#4CD978, #4C66D9, #D94CAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFBF4

Lighter +30%#F4ECCA

Lighter +20%#EBDDA0

Lighter +10%#E2CE76

Darker −10%#C8AB2A

Darker −20%#9E8721

Darker −30%#736319

Darker −40%#493F10

More saturated +25%#F4D031

Less saturated −25%#BEAE67

Channel breakdown

R217

G191

B76

Red217 (85.1%)

Green191 (74.9%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue48.94°

Saturation (HSL)64.98%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G BF · B 4C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#D9BF4C

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else