Recognised as Colour

#D9D25A

#D9D25A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#D9D25A is a yellow with RGB values 217, 210, 90 and HSL 57°, 63%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#D9D25A

RGBrgb(217, 210, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8235, 0.3529

RGB percentages85.1%, 82.4%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(56.7, 62.6%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.7, 58.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 3.2%, 58.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,275,162

CSS custom property--colour: #D9D25A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61583WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.32:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#262DA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2CB4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5D061no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E8C5B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 22 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.1 Yellow green · ΔE 27.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.6 Gold · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A61D9

Analogous#D9935A, #A0D95A

Triadic#5AD9D2, #D25AD9

Split complementary#5AA0D9, #935AD9

Tetradic#5AD993, #5A61D9, #D95AA0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F4D6

Lighter +20%#ECE9AD

Lighter +10%#E3DD83

Darker −10%#CFC731

Darker −20%#A7A026

Darker −30%#7D781D

Darker −40%#545013

More saturated +25%#F2E941

Less saturated −25%#C0BB73

Channel breakdown

R217

G210

B90

Red217 (85.1%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue56.69°

Saturation (HSL)62.56%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G D2 · B 5A

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