Colour

#D9C860

#D9C860
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#D9C860 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 200, 96 and HSL 52°, 61%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#D9C860#D9C860

HEX#D9C860

RGBrgb(217, 200, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7843, 0.3765

RGB percentages85.1%, 78.4%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(51.6, 61.4%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 55.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 55.8%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,272,608

CSS custom property--colour: #D9C860;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.38:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#26379F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C356no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDCA65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E8BCB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 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 text12.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.9 Burlywood · ΔE 27.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6071D9

Analogous#D98B60, #AED960

Triadic#60D9C8, #C860D9

Split complementary#60AED9, #8B60D9

Tetradic#60D98B, #6071D9, #D960AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F3DB

Lighter +20%#EDE4B2

Lighter +10%#E3D689

Darker −10%#CFBA37

Darker −20%#AA9829

Darker −30%#81731F

Darker −40%#584F15

More saturated +25%#F2DA47

Less saturated −25%#C0B679

Channel breakdown

R217

G200

B96

Red217 (85.1%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue51.57°

Saturation (HSL)61.42%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G C8 · B 60

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Colour values

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