Colour

#D9CB8B

#D9CB8B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#D9CB8B is a yellow with RGB values 217, 203, 139 and HSL 49°, 51%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#D9CB8B#D9CB8B

HEX#D9CB8B

RGBrgb(217, 203, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7961, 0.5451

RGB percentages85.1%, 79.6%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(49.2, 50.6%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 35.9%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 35.9%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,273,419

CSS custom property--colour: #D9CB8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#263474

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7C886no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBCD8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E4C2BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 10.8 Burlywood · ΔE 12.8 Navajo white · ΔE 13.6 Wheat · ΔE 13.8 Moccasin · ΔE 14.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B99D9

Analogous#D9A48B, #C0D98B

Triadic#8BD9CB, #CB8BD9

Split complementary#8BC0D9, #A48BD9

Tetradic#8BD9A4, #8B99D9, #D98BC0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#F2EDD8

Lighter +10%#E6DCB1

Darker −10%#CCBA65

Darker −20%#BFA83F

Darker −30%#998632

Darker −40%#726526

More saturated +25%#ECD778

Less saturated −25%#C6BF9E

Channel breakdown

R217

G203

B139

Red217 (85.1%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue49.23°

Saturation (HSL)50.65%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G CB · B 8B

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#D9CB8B

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else