Recognised as Colour

#DAD199

#DAD199
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DAD199 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 209, 153 and HSL 52°, 47%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#DAD199

RGBrgb(218, 209, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8196, 0.6

RGB percentages85.5%, 82%, 60%

HSLhsl(51.7, 46.8%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 29.8%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 4.1%, 29.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,340,505

CSS custom property--colour: #DAD199;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62806WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.56:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#252E66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCCD95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DED19Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E4C9C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.3 Wheat · ΔE 10.4 Moccasin · ΔE 11.8 Navajo white · ΔE 12 Burlywood · ΔE 14 Tan · ΔE 14.1

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99A2DA

Analogous#DAB099, #C3DA99

Triadic#99DAD1, #D199DA

Split complementary#99C3DA, #B099DA

Tetradic#99DAB0, #99A2DA, #DA99C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F3E4

Lighter +10%#E8E2BE

Darker −10%#CCC074

Darker −20%#BFAF4E

Darker −30%#A0923A

Darker −40%#7B702C

More saturated +25%#EBDE88

Less saturated −25%#C9C4AA

Channel breakdown

R218

G209

B153

Red218 (85.5%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue51.69°

Saturation (HSL)46.76%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G D1 · B 99

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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