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Recognised as Colour

#D9CC91

  • #D9CC91
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#D9CC91 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 204, 145 and HSL 49°, 49%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#D9CC91#D9CC91
HEX#D9CC91
RGBrgb(217, 204, 145)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8, 0.5686
RGB percentages85.1%, 80%, 56.9%
HSLhsl(49.2, 48.6%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 33.2%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 33.2%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,273,681
CSS custom property--colour: #D9CC91;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#26336E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8C98Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBCD93no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E4C4BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.8Wheat · ΔE 11.8Burlywood · ΔE 12.3Navajo white · ΔE 12.3Dark khaki · ΔE 12.6Moccasin · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#919ED9
Analogous#D9A891, #C2D991
Triadic#91D9CC, #CC91D9
Split complementary#91C2D9, #A891D9
Tetradic#91D9A8, #919ED9, #D991C2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3EFDD
Lighter +10%#E6DEB7
Darker −10%#CCBA6B
Darker −20%#BFA945
Darker −30%#9B8936
Darker −40%#756829
More saturated +25%#EBD87E
Less saturated −25%#C6C0A3

Channel breakdown

R217
G204
B145
Red217 (85.1%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue145 (56.9%)
Hue49.17°
Saturation (HSL)48.65%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G CC · B 91

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