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Recognised as Colour

#DAC379

  • #DAC379
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#DAC379 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 195, 121 and HSL 46°, 57%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#DAC379#DAC379
HEX#DAC379
RGBrgb(218, 195, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.7647, 0.4745
RGB percentages85.5%, 76.5%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(45.8, 56.7%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.8, 44.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 44.5%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,336,889
CSS custom property--colour: #DAC379;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.06:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#253C86

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#D2C073no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8C77Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E8B8B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#7990DA
Analogous#DA9279, #C1DA79
Triadic#79DAC3, #C379DA
Split complementary#79C1DA, #9279DA
Tetradic#79DA92, #7990DA, #DA79C1

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF9F1
Lighter +20%#F0E7C9
Lighter +10%#E5D5A1
Darker −10%#CFB151
Darker −20%#BA9A33
Darker −30%#927928
Darker −40%#6A581D
More saturated +25%#EFCE64
Less saturated −25%#C5B88E

Channel breakdown

R218
G195
B121
Red218 (85.5%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue45.77°
Saturation (HSL)56.73%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DA · G C3 · B 79

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