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Recognised as Colour

#D9CD93

  • #D9CD93
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#D9CD93 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 205, 147 and HSL 50°, 48%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#D9CD93#D9CD93
HEX#D9CD93
RGBrgb(217, 205, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8039, 0.5765
RGB percentages85.1%, 80.4%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(49.7, 47.9%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 32.3%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 5.5%, 32.3%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,273,939
CSS custom property--colour: #D9CD93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.1:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#26326C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8CA8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCCE95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E4C5BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.5Wheat · ΔE 11.4Navajo white · ΔE 12.2Moccasin · ΔE 12.5Burlywood · ΔE 12.6Dark khaki · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 9.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#939FD9
Analogous#D9AA93, #C2D993
Triadic#93D9CD, #CD93D9
Split complementary#93C2D9, #AA93D9
Tetradic#93D9AA, #939FD9, #D993C2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F0DE
Lighter +10%#E6DEB9
Darker −10%#CCBC6D
Darker −20%#BEAA48
Darker −30%#9C8B37
Darker −40%#76692A
More saturated +25%#EBD981
Less saturated −25%#C7C1A5

Channel breakdown

R217
G205
B147
Red217 (85.1%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue49.71°
Saturation (HSL)47.95%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G CD · B 93

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