Recognised as Colour

#DAC74E

#DAC74E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DAC74E is a yellow with RGB values 218, 199, 78 and HSL 52°, 65%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DAC74E#DAC74E

HEX#DAC74E

RGBrgb(218, 199, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.7804, 0.3059

RGB percentages85.5%, 78%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(51.9, 65.4%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 64.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 8.7%, 64.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,337,870

CSS custom property--colour: #DAC74E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.26:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#2538B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9C23Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEC955no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EAB9AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 19.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.9 Gold · ΔE 27.7 Olive · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 19.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E61DA

Analogous#DA814E, #A7DA4E

Triadic#4EDAC7, #C74EDA

Split complementary#4EA7DA, #814EDA

Tetradic#4EDA81, #4E61DA, #DA4EA7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFCF7

Lighter +30%#F4EFCD

Lighter +20%#ECE2A2

Lighter +10%#E3D478

Darker −10%#CBB52A

Darker −20%#A08F22

Darker −30%#766A19

Darker −40%#4C4410

More saturated +25%#F5DA33

Less saturated −25%#BFB469

Channel breakdown

R218

G199

B78

Red218 (85.5%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue51.86°

Saturation (HSL)65.42%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G C7 · B 4E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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