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Recognised as Colour

#D9C986

  • #D9C986
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#D9C986 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 201, 134 and HSL 48°, 52%, 69%. 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

#D9C986#D9C986
HEX#D9C986
RGBrgb(217, 201, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7882, 0.5255
RGB percentages85.1%, 78.8%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(48.4, 52.2%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 38.2%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 7.4%, 38.2%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,272,902
CSS custom property--colour: #D9C986;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.65:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#263679

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6C681no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DACB88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E5C0B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 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 text12.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.7Burlywood · ΔE 12.9Khaki · ΔE 14.3Navajo white · ΔE 14.5Wheat · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8696D9
Analogous#D99F86, #C0D986
Triadic#86D9C9, #C986D9
Split complementary#86C0D9, #9F86D9
Tetradic#86D99F, #8696D9, #D986C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDFA
Lighter +20%#F1ECD4
Lighter +10%#E5DAAD
Darker −10%#CDB85F
Darker −20%#BDA43C
Darker −30%#97832F
Darker −40%#706123
More saturated +25%#EDD572
Less saturated −25%#C5BD9A

Channel breakdown

R217
G201
B134
Red217 (85.1%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue48.43°
Saturation (HSL)52.2%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G C9 · B 86

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