Recognised as Colour

#DAC856

#DAC856
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DAC856 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 200, 86 and HSL 52°, 64%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DAC856#DAC856

HEX#DAC856

RGBrgb(218, 200, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.7843, 0.3373

RGB percentages85.5%, 78.4%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(51.8, 64.1%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 60.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 60.6%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,338,134

CSS custom property--colour: #DAC856;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.38:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#2537A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9C349no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DECA5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EABBAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.5 Olive · ΔE 28.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5668DA

Analogous#DA8656, #AADA56

Triadic#56DAC8, #C856DA

Split complementary#56AADA, #8656DA

Tetradic#56DA86, #5668DA, #DA56AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFD

Lighter +30%#F5F1D4

Lighter +20%#ECE3AA

Lighter +10%#E3D680

Darker −10%#D0B92D

Darker −20%#A69424

Darker −30%#7C6F1B

Darker −40%#524912

More saturated +25%#F4DB3C

Less saturated −25%#C0B570

Channel breakdown

R218

G200

B86

Red218 (85.5%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue51.82°

Saturation (HSL)64.08%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G C8 · B 56

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Colour values

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