Recognised as Colour

#DAC55C

#DAC55C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DAC55C is a yellow with RGB values 218, 197, 92 and HSL 50°, 63%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DAC55C#DAC55C

HEX#DAC55C

RGBrgb(218, 197, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.7725, 0.3608

RGB percentages85.5%, 77.3%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(50, 63%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 57.8%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 57.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,337,372

CSS custom property--colour: #DAC55C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.12:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#253AA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C051no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCC861no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E9B8AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Burlywood · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C71DA

Analogous#DA865C, #B0DA5C

Triadic#5CDAC5, #C55CDA

Split complementary#5CB0DA, #865CDA

Tetradic#5CDA86, #5C71DA, #DA5CB0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F1D9

Lighter +20%#EDE3AF

Lighter +10%#E3D486

Darker −10%#D1B632

Darker −20%#AA9426

Darker −30%#806F1D

Darker −40%#564B14

More saturated +25%#F3D643

Less saturated −25%#C1B475

Channel breakdown

R218

G197

B92

Red218 (85.5%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)63%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G C5 · B 5C

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Colour values

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