Recognised as Colour

#DAD985

#DAD985
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DAD985 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 217, 133 and HSL 59°, 53%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DAD985#DAD985

HEX#DAD985

RGBrgb(218, 217, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.851, 0.5216

RGB percentages85.5%, 85.1%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(59.3, 53.5%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.3, 39%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.5%, 39%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,342,533

CSS custom property--colour: #DAD985;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.24:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#25267A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6D37Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D689no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E5CFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 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 text14.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.9 Navajo white · ΔE 21.6 Moccasin · ΔE 21.8 Wheat · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.88, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8586DA

Analogous#DAAF85, #B0DA85

Triadic#85DAD9, #D985DA

Split complementary#85B1DA, #AE85DA

Tetradic#85DAAF, #8586DA, #DA85B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFA

Lighter +20%#F2F1D3

Lighter +10%#E6E5AC

Darker −10%#CECD5E

Darker −20%#BFBD3A

Darker −30%#98972E

Darker −40%#717022

More saturated +25%#EEEC71

Less saturated −25%#C6C699

Channel breakdown

R218

G217

B133

Red218 (85.5%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue59.29°

Saturation (HSL)53.46%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G D9 · B 85

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