Recognised as Colour

#DACC8D

#DACC8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DACC8D is a yellow with RGB values 218, 204, 141 and HSL 49°, 51%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DACC8D#DACC8D

HEX#DACC8D

RGBrgb(218, 204, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8, 0.5529

RGB percentages85.5%, 80%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(49.1, 51%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 35.3%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 35.3%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,339,213

CSS custom property--colour: #DACC8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#253372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C989no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCCE8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E5C3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.4 Burlywood · ΔE 12.7 Navajo white · ΔE 13 Wheat · ΔE 13.2 Moccasin · ΔE 13.8

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 10.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D9BDA

Analogous#DAA68D, #C1DA8D

Triadic#8DDACC, #CC8DDA

Split complementary#8DC1DA, #A58DDA

Tetradic#8DDAA6, #8D9BDA, #DA8DC1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3EEDA

Lighter +10%#E6DDB4

Darker −10%#CEBB66

Darker −20%#C1AA40

Darker −30%#9C8832

Darker −40%#756726

More saturated +25%#EDD87A

Less saturated −25%#C7C0A0

Channel breakdown

R218

G204

B141

Red218 (85.5%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)50.99%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G CC · B 8D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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