Recognised as Colour

#DAD85A

#DAD85A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DAD85A is a yellow with RGB values 218, 216, 90 and HSL 59°, 63%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DAD85A#DAD85A

HEX#DAD85A

RGBrgb(218, 216, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8471, 0.3529

RGB percentages85.5%, 84.7%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(59.1, 63.4%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.1, 58.7%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 58.7%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,342,234

CSS custom property--colour: #DAD85A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64755WCAG 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 13.95:1

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

Contrast with black13.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#2527A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D04Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD561no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E8CBBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.1 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 text13.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18 Yellow green · ΔE 24.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Gold · ΔE 29.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A5CDA

Analogous#DA985A, #9CDA5A

Triadic#5ADAD8, #D85ADA

Split complementary#5A9CDA, #985ADA

Tetradic#5ADA98, #5A5CDA, #DA5A9C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F6D7

Lighter +20%#EDECAD

Lighter +10%#E3E284

Darker −10%#D1CE30

Darker −20%#A8A626

Darker −30%#7F7D1C

Darker −40%#555413

More saturated +25%#F3F041

Less saturated −25%#C1C073

Channel breakdown

R218

G216

B90

Red218 (85.5%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue59.06°

Saturation (HSL)63.37%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G D8 · B 5A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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