Colour

#DACD00

#DACD00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DACD00 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 205, 0 and HSL 56°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DACD00#DACD00

HEX#DACD00

RGBrgb(218, 205, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8039, 0

RGB percentages85.5%, 80.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(56.4, 100%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.4, 100%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 100%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,339,328

CSS custom property--colour: #DACD00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.71:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#2532FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5CC24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EBBEAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.5 Yellow · ΔE 22.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.8 Yellow green · ΔE 29.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 36.5 Orange · ΔE 37.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000DDA

Analogous#DA6000, #7ADA00

Triadic#00DACD, #CD00DA

Split complementary#007ADA, #6000DA

Tetradic#00DA60, #000DDA, #DA007A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFAA7

Lighter +30%#FFF774

Lighter +20%#FFF441

Lighter +10%#FFF10E

Darker −10%#A79D00

Darker −20%#746D00

Darker −30%#413D00

Darker −40%#0E0D00

More saturated +25%#DACD00

Less saturated −25%#BFB51B

Channel breakdown

R218

G205

Red218 (85.5%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue56.42°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G CD · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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