Colour

#D9C669

#D9C669
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D9C669 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 198, 105 and HSL 50°, 60%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D9C669

RGBrgb(217, 198, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7765, 0.4118

RGB percentages85.1%, 77.6%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(49.8, 59.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 51.6%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 51.6%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,272,105

CSS custom property--colour: #D9C669;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.23:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#263996

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C261no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBC86Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E7BAB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.8 Khaki · ΔE 11.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.1 Burlywood · ΔE 22.4 Navajo white · ΔE 24.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#697CD9

Analogous#D98E69, #B4D969

Triadic#69D9C6, #C669D9

Split complementary#69B4D9, #8E69D9

Tetradic#69D98E, #697CD9, #D969B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F4E3

Lighter +20%#EEE5BA

Lighter +10%#E3D592

Darker −10%#CFB740

Darker −20%#B0992C

Darker −30%#877622

Darker −40%#5E5218

More saturated +25%#F1D651

Less saturated −25%#C2B681

Channel breakdown

R217

G198

B105

Red217 (85.1%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue49.82°

Saturation (HSL)59.57%

Lightness63.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G C6 · B 69

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Colour values

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