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Recognised as Colour

#DAD89D

  • #DAD89D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DAD89D is a yellow with RGB values 218, 216, 157 and HSL 58°, 45%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DAD89D#DAD89D
HEX#DAD89D
RGBrgb(218, 216, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8471, 0.6157
RGB percentages85.5%, 84.7%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(58, 45.2%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58, 28%, 85.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 28%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,342,301
CSS custom property--colour: #DAD89D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.29:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#252762

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2D399no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3D69Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E3D0C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.2Wheat · ΔE 12.1Moccasin · ΔE 13.1Navajo white · ΔE 13.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 14.7Dark khaki · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D9FDA
Analogous#DABA9D, #BDDA9D
Triadic#9DDAD8, #D89DDA
Split complementary#9DBDDA, #BA9DDA
Tetradic#9DDABA, #9D9FDA, #DA9DBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F5E7
Lighter +10%#E8E7C2
Darker −10%#CCC978
Darker −20%#BEBB53
Darker −30%#A19E3D
Darker −40%#7C7A2F
More saturated +25%#EBE88C
Less saturated −25%#C9C8AE

Channel breakdown

R218
G216
B157
Red218 (85.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue58.03°
Saturation (HSL)45.19%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DA · G D8 · B 9D

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