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Recognised as Colour

#DADCA9

  • #DADCA9
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DADCA9 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 220, 169 and HSL 62°, 42%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DADCA9#DADCA9
HEX#DADCA9
RGBrgb(218, 220, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8627, 0.6627
RGB percentages85.5%, 86.3%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(62.4, 42.1%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.4, 23.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK0.9%, 0%, 23.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,343,337
CSS custom property--colour: #DADCA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.79:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#252356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4D7A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5D9ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E1D6CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.8Wheat · ΔE 10.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.5Moccasin · ΔE 12.6Navajo white · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABA9DC
Analogous#DCC4A9, #C0DCA9
Triadic#A9DADC, #DCA9DA
Split complementary#A9C0DC, #C5A9DC
Tetradic#A9DCC4, #ABA9DC, #DCA9C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FAF1
Lighter +10%#EAEBCD
Darker −10%#CACD85
Darker −20%#BBBE61
Darker −30%#A4A844
Darker −40%#808336
More saturated +25%#E8EB9A
Less saturated −25%#CCCDB8

Channel breakdown

R218
G220
B169
Red218 (85.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue62.35°
Saturation (HSL)42.15%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DA · G DC · B A9

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