Colour

#DAC900

#DAC900
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DAC900 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 201, 0 and HSL 55°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DAC900#DAC900

HEX#DAC900

RGBrgb(218, 201, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.7882, 0

RGB percentages85.5%, 78.8%, 0%

HSLhsl(55.3, 100%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.3, 100%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 100%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,338,304

CSS custom property--colour: #DAC900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1

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

Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#2536FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDC200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CA23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#ECBAABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.3 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 text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.4 Yellow · ΔE 24.5 Yellow green · ΔE 30.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.3 Orange · ΔE 35

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0011DA

Analogous#DA5C00, #7EDA00

Triadic#00DAC9, #C900DA

Split complementary#007EDA, #5C00DA

Tetradic#00DA5C, #0011DA, #DA007E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8A7

Lighter +30%#FFF474

Lighter +20%#FFF041

Lighter +10%#FFEC0E

Darker −10%#A79A00

Darker −20%#746B00

Darker −30%#413C00

Darker −40%#0E0D00

More saturated +25%#DAC900

Less saturated −25%#BFB21B

Channel breakdown

R218

G201

Red218 (85.5%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue55.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G C9 · B 00

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Colour values

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