Colour

#D9D219

#D9D219
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#D9D219 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 210, 25 and HSL 58°, 79%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#D9D219#D9D219

HEX#D9D219

RGBrgb(217, 210, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8235, 0.098

RGB percentages85.1%, 82.4%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(57.8, 79.3%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.8, 88.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 3.2%, 88.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,275,097

CSS custom property--colour: #D9D219;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60915WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.18:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#262DE6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5C900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D02Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EAC3B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.1 Yellow · ΔE 22 Yellow green · ΔE 26.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Khaki · ΔE 36 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1920D9

Analogous#D97219, #80D919

Triadic#19D9D2, #D219D9

Split complementary#1980D9, #7219D9

Tetradic#19D972, #1920D9, #D91980

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F7C6

Lighter +30%#F3F098

Lighter +20%#EEE96A

Lighter +10%#E9E23C

Darker −10%#ABA614

Darker −20%#7E790E

Darker −30%#504D09

Darker −40%#222104

More saturated +25%#F2E900

Less saturated −25%#BBB637

Channel breakdown

R217

G210

B25

Red217 (85.1%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue57.81°

Saturation (HSL)79.34%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G D2 · B 19

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