Colour

#DACD02

#DACD02
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DACD02 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 205, 2 and HSL 56°, 98%, 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

#DACD02#DACD02

HEX#DACD02

RGBrgb(218, 205, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8039, 0.0078

RGB percentages85.5%, 80.4%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(56.4, 98.2%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.4, 99.1%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 99.1%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,339,330

CSS custom property--colour: #DACD02;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58572WCAG 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#2532FD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5CC25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EBBEAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 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 13.6 Yellow · ΔE 22.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.7 Yellow green · ΔE 29.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 36.4 Orange · ΔE 37.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#020FDA

Analogous#DA6102, #7BDA02

Triadic#02DACD, #CD02DA

Split complementary#027BDA, #6102DA

Tetradic#02DA61, #020FDA, #DA027B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF9AA

Lighter +30%#FEF677

Lighter +20%#FDF245

Lighter +10%#FDEF12

Darker −10%#A79D02

Darker −20%#756E01

Darker −30%#423E01

Darker −40%#100F00

More saturated +25%#DCCF00

Less saturated −25%#BFB51D

Channel breakdown

R218

G205

Red218 (85.5%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue56.39°

Saturation (HSL)98.18%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G CD · B 02

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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