Recognised as Colour

#DACD83

#DACD83
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#DACD83 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 205, 131 and HSL 51°, 54%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#DACD83#DACD83

HEX#DACD83

RGBrgb(218, 205, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8039, 0.5137

RGB percentages85.5%, 80.4%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(51, 54%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 39.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 39.9%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,339,459

CSS custom property--colour: #DACD83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.04:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#25327C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAC97Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DECE86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E6C3BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.1 Khaki · ΔE 11.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.9 Burlywood · ΔE 16.3 Navajo white · ΔE 16.7 Moccasin · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8390DA

Analogous#DAA283, #BBDA83

Triadic#83DACD, #CD83DA

Split complementary#83BBDA, #A283DA

Tetradic#83DAA2, #8390DA, #DA83BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFDF9

Lighter +20%#F1EDD2

Lighter +10%#E6DDAA

Darker −10%#CEBD5C

Darker −20%#BEAA39

Darker −30%#97872D

Darker −40%#706421

More saturated +25%#EEDB6F

Less saturated −25%#C6BF97

Channel breakdown

R218

G205

B131

Red218 (85.5%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue51.03°

Saturation (HSL)54.04%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G CD · B 83

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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