Colour

#D9C55B

#D9C55B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#D9C55B is a yellow with RGB values 217, 197, 91 and HSL 50°, 62%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#D9C55B#D9C55B

HEX#D9C55B

RGBrgb(217, 197, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7725, 0.3569

RGB percentages85.1%, 77.3%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(50.5, 62.4%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 58.1%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 58.1%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,271,835

CSS custom property--colour: #D9C55B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.09:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#263AA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C050no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBC860no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E8B8AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.7 Burlywood · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B6FD9

Analogous#D9865B, #AED95B

Triadic#5BD9C5, #C55BD9

Split complementary#5BAED9, #865BD9

Tetradic#5BD986, #5B6FD9, #D95BAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F1D7

Lighter +20%#ECE2AE

Lighter +10%#E3D484

Darker −10%#CFB632

Darker −20%#A79327

Darker −30%#7E6E1D

Darker −40%#544A14

More saturated +25%#F2D642

Less saturated −25%#C0B474

Channel breakdown

R217

G197

B91

Red217 (85.1%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue50.48°

Saturation (HSL)62.38%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G C5 · B 5B

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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