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Recognised as Colour

#DAC970

  • #DAC970
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#DAC970 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 201, 112 and HSL 50°, 59%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DAC970#DAC970
HEX#DAC970
RGBrgb(218, 201, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.7882, 0.4392
RGB percentages85.5%, 78.8%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(50.4, 58.9%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 48.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK0%, 7.8%, 48.6%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,338,416
CSS custom property--colour: #DAC970;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.57:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#25368F

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#D8C568no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDCB74no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E8BEB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#7081DA
Analogous#DA9470, #B6DA70
Triadic#70DAC9, #C970DA
Split complementary#70B6DA, #9470DA
Tetradic#70DA94, #7081DA, #DA70B6

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F7EA
Lighter +20%#EFE8C1
Lighter +10%#E4D899
Darker −10%#D0BA47
Darker −20%#B5A02F
Darker −30%#8D7C24
Darker −40%#64581A
More saturated +25%#F1D859
Less saturated −25%#C3BA86

Channel breakdown

R218
G201
B112
Red218 (85.5%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue50.38°
Saturation (HSL)58.89%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DA · G C9 · B 70

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