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Recognised as Colour

#D9D09B

  • #D9D09B
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#D9D09B is a yellow with RGB values 217, 208, 155 and HSL 51°, 45%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#D9D09B#D9D09B
HEX#D9D09B
RGBrgb(217, 208, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8157, 0.6078
RGB percentages85.1%, 81.6%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(51.3, 44.9%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 28.6%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 4.1%, 28.6%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,274,715
CSS custom property--colour: #D9D09B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.45:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#262F64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DACD98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDD09Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E2C9C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.1Wheat · ΔE 9.7Moccasin · ΔE 11.5Navajo white · ΔE 11.9Tan · ΔE 13.2Burlywood · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BA4D9
Analogous#D9B19B, #C3D99B
Triadic#9BD9D0, #D09BD9
Split complementary#9BC3D9, #B19BD9
Tetradic#9BD9B1, #9BA4D9, #D99BC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F3E5
Lighter +10%#E7E1C0
Darker −10%#CBBF76
Darker −20%#BDAD51
Darker −30%#9F903C
Darker −40%#7A6F2E
More saturated +25%#EADC8A
Less saturated −25%#C8C4AC

Channel breakdown

R217
G208
B155
Red217 (85.1%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue51.29°
Saturation (HSL)44.93%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G D0 · B 9B

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