Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#D9C771

  • #D9C771
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#D9C771 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 199, 113 and HSL 50°, 58%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#D9C771#D9C771
HEX#D9C771
RGBrgb(217, 199, 113)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7804, 0.4431
RGB percentages85.1%, 78%, 44.3%
HSLhsl(49.6, 57.8%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 47.9%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 8.3%, 47.9%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,272,369
CSS custom property--colour: #D9C771;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.36:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#26388E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6C36Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBC975no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E7BCB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.6Khaki · ΔE 11Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.1Burlywood · ΔE 19.6Navajo white · ΔE 21.8Moccasin · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7183D9
Analogous#D99371, #B7D971
Triadic#71D9C7, #C771D9
Split complementary#71B7D9, #9371D9
Tetradic#71D993, #7183D9, #D971B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F7EA
Lighter +20%#EFE7C1
Lighter +10%#E4D799
Darker −10%#CEB749
Darker −20%#B49D30
Darker −30%#8C7A25
Darker −40%#63571B
More saturated +25%#F0D65A
Less saturated −25%#C2B887

Channel breakdown

R217
G199
B113
Red217 (85.1%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue113 (44.3%)
Hue49.62°
Saturation (HSL)57.78%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G C7 · B 71

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “d9c771” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.