Colour

#DAD600

#DAD600
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DAD600 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 214, 0 and HSL 59°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DAD600#DAD600

HEX#DAD600

RGBrgb(218, 214, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8392, 0

RGB percentages85.5%, 83.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(58.9, 100%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.9, 100%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 1.8%, 100%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,341,632

CSS custom property--colour: #DAD600;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.6:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#2529FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD327no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EBC7B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.2 Yellow · ΔE 18.3 Yellow green · ΔE 27.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.1 Green yellow · ΔE 36.3 Khaki · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0004DA

Analogous#DA6900, #71DA00

Triadic#00DAD6, #D600DA

Split complementary#0071DA, #6900DA

Tetradic#00DA69, #0004DA, #DA0071

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDA7

Lighter +30%#FFFC74

Lighter +20%#FFFC41

Lighter +10%#FFFB0E

Darker −10%#A7A400

Darker −20%#747200

Darker −30%#414000

Darker −40%#0E0E00

More saturated +25%#DAD600

Less saturated −25%#BFBC1B

Channel breakdown

R218

G214

Red218 (85.5%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue58.9°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G D6 · B 00

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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