Colour

#DAD969

#DAD969
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DAD969 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 217, 105 and HSL 59°, 60%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DAD969#DAD969

HEX#DAD969

RGBrgb(218, 217, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.851, 0.4118

RGB percentages85.5%, 85.1%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(59.5, 60.4%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.5, 51.8%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.5%, 51.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,342,505

CSS custom property--colour: #DAD969;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.11:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#252696

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D15Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD66Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E7CDC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.4 Yellow green · ΔE 27.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.4 Navajo white · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#696ADA

Analogous#DAA169, #A3DA69

Triadic#69DAD9, #D969DA

Split complementary#69A3DA, #A069DA

Tetradic#69DAA0, #696ADA, #DA69A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F8E4

Lighter +20%#EEEEBB

Lighter +10%#E4E392

Darker −10%#D0CF40

Darker −20%#B1B02C

Darker −30%#888722

Darker −40%#5F5F18

More saturated +25%#F1F052

Less saturated −25%#C3C280

Channel breakdown

R218

G217

B105

Red218 (85.5%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue59.47°

Saturation (HSL)60.43%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G D9 · B 69

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