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Colour

#D9C982

  • #D9C982
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#D9C982 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 201, 130 and HSL 49°, 53%, 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

#D9C982#D9C982
HEX#D9C982
RGBrgb(217, 201, 130)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7882, 0.5098
RGB percentages85.1%, 78.8%, 51%
HSLhsl(49, 53.4%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49, 40.1%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 7.4%, 40.1%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,272,898
CSS custom property--colour: #D9C982;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.63:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#26367D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6C57Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBCB85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E5BFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 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 text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.6Khaki · ΔE 13Burlywood · ΔE 14.2Navajo white · ΔE 15.8Wheat · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8292D9
Analogous#D99D82, #BED982
Triadic#82D9C9, #C982D9
Split complementary#82BED9, #9E82D9
Tetradic#82D99D, #8292D9, #D982BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFCF7
Lighter +20%#F1EBD0
Lighter +10%#E5DAA9
Darker −10%#CDB85B
Darker −20%#BCA439
Darker −30%#95822D
Darker −40%#6E6021
More saturated +25%#EDD66E
Less saturated −25%#C5BC96

Channel breakdown

R217
G201
B130
Red217 (85.1%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue130 (51%)
Hue48.97°
Saturation (HSL)53.37%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G C9 · B 82

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