Recognised as Colour

#DAC956

#DAC956
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DAC956 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 201, 86 and HSL 52°, 64%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DAC956#DAC956

HEX#DAC956

RGBrgb(218, 201, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.7882, 0.3373

RGB percentages85.5%, 78.8%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(52.3, 64.1%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 60.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 60.6%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,338,390

CSS custom property--colour: #DAC956;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.47:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#2536A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAC349no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFCA5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E9BCB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28 Olive · ΔE 29 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5667DA

Analogous#DA8756, #A9DA56

Triadic#56DAC9, #C956DA

Split complementary#56A9DA, #8756DA

Tetradic#56DA87, #5667DA, #DA56A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFD

Lighter +30%#F5F1D4

Lighter +20%#ECE4AA

Lighter +10%#E3D680

Darker −10%#D0BB2D

Darker −20%#A69524

Darker −30%#7C6F1B

Darker −40%#524A12

More saturated +25%#F4DC3C

Less saturated −25%#C0B670

Channel breakdown

R218

G201

B86

Red218 (85.5%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue52.27°

Saturation (HSL)64.08%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G C9 · B 56

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