Colour

#DAD49B

#DAD49B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DAD49B is a yellow with RGB values 218, 212, 155 and HSL 54°, 46%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#DAD49B

RGBrgb(218, 212, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8314, 0.6078

RGB percentages85.5%, 83.1%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(54.3, 46%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.3, 28.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 2.8%, 28.9%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,341,275

CSS custom property--colour: #DAD49B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64359WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.87:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#252B64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DED097no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1D39Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E3CCC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.3 Wheat · ΔE 10.9 Moccasin · ΔE 12.2 Navajo white · ΔE 12.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 15 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.29, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BA1DA

Analogous#DAB59B, #C0DA9B

Triadic#9BDAD4, #D49BDA

Split complementary#9BC0DA, #B59BDA

Tetradic#9BDAB5, #9BA1DA, #DA9BC0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F4E5

Lighter +10%#E8E4C0

Darker −10%#CCC476

Darker −20%#BEB451

Darker −30%#A1973B

Darker −40%#7B742E

More saturated +25%#EBE28A

Less saturated −25%#C9C6AC

Channel breakdown

R218

G212

B155

Red218 (85.5%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue54.29°

Saturation (HSL)45.99%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G D4 · B 9B

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Colour values

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