Colour

#DAD86A

#DAD86A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DAD86A is a yellow with RGB values 218, 216, 106 and HSL 59°, 60%, 64%. 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

#DAD86A#DAD86A

HEX#DAD86A

RGBrgb(218, 216, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8471, 0.4157

RGB percentages85.5%, 84.7%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(58.9, 60.2%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.9, 51.4%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 51.4%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,342,250

CSS custom property--colour: #DAD86A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.01:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#252795

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7D160no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D570no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E7CCBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.6 Yellow green · ΔE 28.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.2 Navajo white · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A6CDA

Analogous#DAA06A, #A4DA6A

Triadic#6ADAD8, #D86ADA

Split complementary#6AA4DA, #A06ADA

Tetradic#6ADAA0, #6A6CDA, #DA6AA4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F8E5

Lighter +20%#EEEDBC

Lighter +10%#E4E393

Darker −10%#D0CD41

Darker −20%#B2AF2C

Darker −30%#898722

Darker −40%#605F18

More saturated +25%#F1EE53

Less saturated −25%#C3C281

Channel breakdown

R218

G216

B106

Red218 (85.5%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue58.93°

Saturation (HSL)60.22%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G D8 · B 6A

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Colour harmonies

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