Recognised as Colour

#D9BF6C

#D9BF6C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D9BF6C is a yellow with RGB values 217, 191, 108 and HSL 46°, 59%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D9BF6C

RGBrgb(217, 191, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.749, 0.4235

RGB percentages85.1%, 74.9%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(45.7, 58.9%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.7, 50.2%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 12%, 50.2%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,270,316

CSS custom property--colour: #D9BF6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.62:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#264093

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFBC65no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C46Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E8B3ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.4 Khaki · ΔE 14.6 Burlywood · ΔE 17.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Navajo white · ΔE 21.5 Tan · ΔE 21.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C86D9

Analogous#D9886C, #BDD96C

Triadic#6CD9BF, #BF6CD9

Split complementary#6CBDD9, #896CD9

Tetradic#6CD988, #6C86D9, #D96CBC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F4E6

Lighter +20%#EEE2BD

Lighter +10%#E3D195

Darker −10%#CFAD43

Darker −20%#B1922E

Darker −30%#897023

Darker −40%#604F19

More saturated +25%#F0CB55

Less saturated −25%#C2B383

Channel breakdown

R217

G191

B108

Red217 (85.1%)

Green191 (74.9%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue45.69°

Saturation (HSL)58.92%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G BF · B 6C

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