Recognised as Colour

#DAD51C

#DAD51C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DAD51C is a yellow with RGB values 218, 213, 28 and HSL 58°, 77%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DAD51C#DAD51C

HEX#DAD51C

RGBrgb(218, 213, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8353, 0.1098

RGB percentages85.5%, 83.5%, 11%

HSLhsl(58.4, 77.2%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.4, 87.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 2.3%, 87.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,341,404

CSS custom property--colour: #DAD51C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.52:1

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

Contrast with black13.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#252AE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8CC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD232no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EBC6B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 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 text13.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.6 Yellow · ΔE 21 Yellow green · ΔE 26.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.9 Khaki · ΔE 36.2 Green yellow · ΔE 37.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C21DA

Analogous#DA761C, #80DA1C

Triadic#1CDAD5, #D51CDA

Split complementary#1C80DA, #761CDA

Tetradic#1CDA76, #1C21DA, #DA1C80

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F7CA

Lighter +30%#F2F09D

Lighter +20%#EDE96F

Lighter +10%#E7E242

Darker −10%#ADA916

Darker −20%#807D10

Darker −30%#52510B

Darker −40%#252405

More saturated +25%#F6F000

Less saturated −25%#BBB83B

Channel breakdown

R218

G213

B28

Red218 (85.5%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue58.42°

Saturation (HSL)77.24%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G D5 · B 1C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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