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Colour

#D9C980

  • #D9C980
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#D9C980 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 201, 128 and HSL 49°, 54%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#D9C980#D9C980
HEX#D9C980
RGBrgb(217, 201, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7882, 0.502
RGB percentages85.1%, 78.8%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(49.2, 53.9%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 41%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 7.4%, 41%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,272,896
CSS custom property--colour: #D9C980;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.62:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#26367F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7C57Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBCB83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E6BFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.5Khaki · ΔE 12.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.1Burlywood · ΔE 14.9Navajo white · ΔE 16.5Moccasin · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8090D9
Analogous#D99C80, #BDD980
Triadic#80D9C9, #C980D9
Split complementary#80BDD9, #9C80D9
Tetradic#80D99D, #8090D9, #D980BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFBF6
Lighter +20%#F0EACF
Lighter +10%#E5DAA7
Darker −10%#CDB859
Darker −20%#BBA338
Darker −30%#94812C
Darker −40%#6D5F20
More saturated +25%#EED66B
Less saturated −25%#C4BC95

Channel breakdown

R217
G201
B128
Red217 (85.1%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue49.21°
Saturation (HSL)53.94%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G C9 · B 80

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