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Recognised as Colour

#DAD09D

  • #DAD09D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DAD09D is a yellow with RGB values 218, 208, 157 and HSL 50°, 45%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DAD09D#DAD09D
HEX#DAD09D
RGBrgb(218, 208, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8157, 0.6157
RGB percentages85.5%, 81.6%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(50.2, 45.2%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 28%, 85.5%)
CMYK0%, 4.6%, 28%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,340,253
CSS custom property--colour: #DAD09D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.49:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#252F62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DACD9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDD19Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E3C9C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.6Moccasin · ΔE 11Navajo white · ΔE 11.4Tan · ΔE 12.6Burlywood · ΔE 13.4
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DA7DA
Analogous#DAB29D, #C6DA9D
Triadic#9DDAD0, #D09DDA
Split complementary#9DC6DA, #B29DDA
Tetradic#9DDAB2, #9DA7DA, #DA9DC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F4E7
Lighter +10%#E8E2C2
Darker −10%#CCBE78
Darker −20%#BEAC53
Darker −30%#A1913D
Darker −40%#7C6F2F
More saturated +25%#EBDB8C
Less saturated −25%#C9C5AE

Channel breakdown

R218
G208
B157
Red218 (85.5%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue50.16°
Saturation (HSL)45.19%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DA · G D0 · B 9D

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