Colour

#D9C356

#D9C356
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#D9C356 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 195, 86 and HSL 50°, 63%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#D9C356#D9C356

HEX#D9C356

RGBrgb(217, 195, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7647, 0.3373

RGB percentages85.1%, 76.5%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(49.9, 63.3%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 60.4%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 60.4%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,271,318

CSS custom property--colour: #D9C356;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.89:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#263CA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4BE4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DAC65Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E9B6ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.5 Olive · ΔE 28 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#566CD9

Analogous#D98156, #ADD956

Triadic#56D9C3, #C356D9

Split complementary#56ADD9, #8156D9

Tetradic#56D982, #566CD9, #D956AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEFD

Lighter +30%#F5EFD3

Lighter +20%#ECE1A9

Lighter +10%#E2D280

Darker −10%#CEB32E

Darker −20%#A48F25

Darker −30%#7A6B1C

Darker −40%#514612

More saturated +25%#F3D43C

Less saturated −25%#BFB270

Channel breakdown

R217

G195

B86

Red217 (85.1%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue49.92°

Saturation (HSL)63.29%

Lightness59.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G C3 · B 56

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