Recognised as Colour

#D9DAD2

#D9DAD2
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#D9DAD2 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 218, 210 and HSL 67°, 10%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D9DAD2#D9DAD2

HEX#D9DAD2

RGBrgb(217, 218, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8549, 0.8235

RGB percentages85.1%, 85.5%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(67.5, 9.8%, 83.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.5, 3.7%, 85.5%)

CMYK0.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,277,330

CSS custom property--colour: #D9DAD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.91:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#26252D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBD9D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBD9D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DAD9D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.3 Light grey · ΔE 4.7 Linen · ΔE 9.5 Silver · ΔE 10 White smoke · ΔE 10.6 Antique white · ΔE 11

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.31, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D3D2DA

Analogous#DAD7D2, #D5DAD2

Triadic#D2D9DA, #DAD2D9

Split complementary#D2D5DA, #D7D2DA

Tetradic#D2DAD7, #D3D2DA, #DAD2D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F1F1EE

Darker −10%#C1C3B6

Darker −20%#AAAC9A

Darker −30%#92957E

Darker −40%#787B65

More saturated +25%#E1E4C8

Less saturated −25%#D6D6D6

Channel breakdown

R217

G218

B210

Red217 (85.1%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue67.5°

Saturation (HSL)9.76%

Lightness83.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR D9 · G DA · B D2

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Colour harmonies

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