Colour

#D9C877

#D9C877
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#D9C877 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 200, 119 and HSL 50°, 56%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D9C877

RGBrgb(217, 200, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7843, 0.4667

RGB percentages85.1%, 78.4%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(49.6, 56.3%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 45.2%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 45.2%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,272,631

CSS custom property--colour: #D9C877;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.48:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#263788

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C471no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBCA7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E6BDB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.6 Khaki · ΔE 11 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.9 Burlywood · ΔE 17.7 Navajo white · ΔE 19.7 Moccasin · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7788D9

Analogous#D99777, #B9D977

Triadic#77D9C8, #C877D9

Split complementary#77B9D9, #9777D9

Tetradic#77D997, #7788D9, #D977B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF8EF

Lighter +20%#EFE8C7

Lighter +10%#E4D89F

Darker −10%#CEB84F

Darker −20%#B7A033

Darker −30%#8F7D28

Darker −40%#675A1D

More saturated +25%#EFD661

Less saturated −25%#C3BA8D

Channel breakdown

R217

G200

B119

Red217 (85.1%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue49.59°

Saturation (HSL)56.32%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G C8 · B 77

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Colour values

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