Colour

#D9CD99

#D9CD99
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#D9CD99 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 205, 153 and HSL 49°, 46%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#D9CD99#D9CD99

HEX#D9CD99

RGBrgb(217, 205, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8039, 0.6

RGB percentages85.1%, 80.4%, 60%

HSLhsl(48.8, 45.7%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 29.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 5.5%, 29.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,273,945

CSS custom property--colour: #D9CD99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.14:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#263266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7CA96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBCE9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E3C5BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 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 text13.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.2 Moccasin · ΔE 11.4 Navajo white · ΔE 11.4 Tan · ΔE 11.8 Burlywood · ΔE 12.2

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99A5D9

Analogous#D9AD99, #C5D999

Triadic#99D9CD, #CD99D9

Split complementary#99C5D9, #AD99D9

Tetradic#99D9AD, #99A5D9, #D999C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F1E3

Lighter +10%#E7DFBE

Darker −10%#CBBB74

Darker −20%#BDA94F

Darker −30%#9E8B3B

Darker −40%#796B2D

More saturated +25%#EBD888

Less saturated −25%#C7C2AB

Channel breakdown

R217

G205

B153

Red217 (85.1%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue48.75°

Saturation (HSL)45.71%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G CD · B 99

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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