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Recognised as Colour

#DABE2C

  • #DABE2C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#DABE2C is a yellow with RGB values 218, 190, 44 and HSL 50°, 70%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#DABE2C#DABE2C
HEX#DABE2C
RGBrgb(218, 190, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.7451, 0.1725
RGB percentages85.5%, 74.5%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(50.3, 70.2%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 79.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK0%, 12.8%, 79.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,335,532
CSS custom property--colour: #DABE2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.38:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#2541D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2B900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9C337no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#ECAFA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14.5Gold · ΔE 19.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.3Khaki · ΔE 29.4Orange · ΔE 29.4Olive · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 14.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2C48DA
Analogous#DA672C, #9FDA2C
Triadic#2CDABE, #BE2CDA
Split complementary#2C9FDA, #672CDA
Tetradic#2CDA67, #2C48DA, #DA2C9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F3DA
Lighter +30%#F1E6AE
Lighter +20%#E9D983
Lighter +10%#E2CB57
Darker −10%#B49C1F
Darker −20%#887618
Darker −30%#5D5010
Darker −40%#312B09
More saturated +25%#F9D30D
Less saturated −25%#BBA94B

Channel breakdown

R218
G190
B44
Red218 (85.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue50.34°
Saturation (HSL)70.16%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DA · G BE · B 2C

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