Colour

#D9C565

#D9C565
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#D9C565 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 197, 101 and HSL 50°, 60%, 62%. 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

#D9C565#D9C565

HEX#D9C565

RGBrgb(217, 197, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7725, 0.3961

RGB percentages85.1%, 77.3%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(49.7, 60.4%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 53.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 53.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,271,845

CSS custom property--colour: #D9C565;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.12:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#263A9A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5C15Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBC869no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E8B9AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.6 Burlywood · ΔE 23.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.6 Navajo white · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6579D9

Analogous#D98B65, #B3D965

Triadic#65D9C5, #C565D9

Split complementary#65B3D9, #8B65D9

Tetradic#65D98B, #6579D9, #D965B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F3E0

Lighter +20%#EDE4B7

Lighter +10%#E3D48E

Darker −10%#CFB63C

Darker −20%#AD972B

Darker −30%#847321

Darker −40%#5B5017

More saturated +25%#F1D54D

Less saturated −25%#C1B57D

Channel breakdown

R217

G197

B101

Red217 (85.1%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue49.66°

Saturation (HSL)60.42%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G C5 · B 65

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