Recognised as Colour
#D9D84D
- #D9D84D
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Yellow green
#D9D84D is a yellow with RGB values 217, 216, 77 and HSL 60°, 65%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.
Colour values
#D9D84D#D9D84D
HEX#D9D84D
RGBrgb(217, 216, 77)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8471, 0.302
RGB percentages85.1%, 84.7%, 30.2%
HSLhsl(59.6, 64.8%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.6, 64.5%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 0.5%, 64.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,276,685
CSS custom property--colour: #D9D84D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.64399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.88:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#2627B2
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#4D4ED9
Analogous#D9924D, #94D94D
Triadic#4DD9D8, #D84DD9
Split complementary#4D94D9, #924DD9
Tetradic#4DD992, #4D4ED9, #D94D94
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R217
G216
B77
Red217 (85.1%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue77 (30.2%)
Hue59.57°
Saturation (HSL)64.81%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G D8 · B 4D
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