Colour

#D9CC95

#D9CC95
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#D9CC95 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 204, 149 and HSL 49°, 47%, 72%. 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

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HEX#D9CC95

RGBrgb(217, 204, 149)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8, 0.5843

RGB percentages85.1%, 80%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(48.5, 47.2%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 31.3%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 31.3%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,273,685

CSS custom property--colour: #D9CC95;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.02:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#26336A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7C991no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBCE97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E3C4BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.1 Wheat · ΔE 10.4 Navajo white · ΔE 11.7 Burlywood · ΔE 11.9 Moccasin · ΔE 11.9 Tan · ΔE 12.1

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95A2D9

Analogous#D9AA95, #C4D995

Triadic#95D9CC, #CC95D9

Split complementary#95C4D9, #AA95D9

Tetradic#95D9AA, #95A2D9, #D995C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F0E0

Lighter +10%#E6DEBB

Darker −10%#CCBA6F

Darker −20%#BEA84A

Darker −30%#9D8A38

Darker −40%#77692B

More saturated +25%#EBD783

Less saturated −25%#C7C1A7

Channel breakdown

R217

G204

B149

Red217 (85.1%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue48.53°

Saturation (HSL)47.22%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G CC · B 95

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