Colour

#D9D88A

#D9D88A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#D9D88A is a yellow with RGB values 217, 216, 138 and HSL 59°, 51%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#D9D88A#D9D88A

HEX#D9D88A

RGBrgb(217, 216, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8471, 0.5412

RGB percentages85.1%, 84.7%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(59.2, 51%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.2, 36.4%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 0.5%, 36.4%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,276,746

CSS custom property--colour: #D9D88A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.14:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#262775

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4D284no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D58Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Tritanopia#E4CFC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.7 Navajo white · ΔE 19.5 Moccasin · ΔE 19.6 Wheat · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A8BD9

Analogous#D9B18A, #B2D98A

Triadic#8AD9D8, #D88AD9

Split complementary#8AB2D9, #B18AD9

Tetradic#8AD9B1, #8A8BD9, #D98AB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFD

Lighter +20%#F2F2D7

Lighter +10%#E6E5B0

Darker −10%#CCCB64

Darker −20%#BFBD3E

Darker −30%#989732

Darker −40%#727125

More saturated +25%#ECEB77

Less saturated −25%#C6C59D

Channel breakdown

R217

G216

B138

Red217 (85.1%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue59.24°

Saturation (HSL)50.97%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G D8 · B 8A

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