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Recognised as Colour

#D9CC65

  • #D9CC65
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#D9CC65 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 204, 101 and HSL 53°, 60%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#D9CC65#D9CC65
HEX#D9CC65
RGBrgb(217, 204, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8, 0.3961
RGB percentages85.1%, 80%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(53.3, 60.4%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 53.5%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 53.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,273,637
CSS custom property--colour: #D9CC65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58877WCAG 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 12.78:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#26339A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCC65Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0CC6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E7C0B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.7Dark khaki · ΔE 15.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.5Goldenrod · ΔE 26Burlywood · ΔE 27.6Navajo white · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6572D9
Analogous#D99265, #ACD965
Triadic#65D9CC, #CC65D9
Split complementary#65ACD9, #9265D9
Tetradic#65D992, #6572D9, #D965AC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F5E0
Lighter +20%#EDE7B7
Lighter +10%#E3DA8E
Darker −10%#CFBE3C
Darker −20%#AD9F2B
Darker −30%#847921
Darker −40%#5B5417
More saturated +25%#F1DF4D
Less saturated −25%#C1B97D

Channel breakdown

R217
G204
B101
Red217 (85.1%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue53.28°
Saturation (HSL)60.42%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G CC · B 65

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