Recognised as Colour

#DAE15B

#DAE15B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DAE15B is a yellow with RGB values 218, 225, 91 and HSL 63°, 69%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DAE15B#DAE15B

HEX#DAE15B

RGBrgb(218, 225, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8824, 0.3569

RGB percentages85.5%, 88.2%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(63.1, 69.1%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.1, 59.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK3.1%, 0%, 59.6%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,344,539

CSS custom property--colour: #DAE15B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#251EA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D74Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1DB63no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E8D4C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 21.1 Yellow green · ΔE 21.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.2 Gold · ΔE 29.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.7 Yellow · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 21.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#625BE1

Analogous#E1A55B, #97E15B

Triadic#5BDAE1, #E15BDA

Split complementary#5B97E1, #A55BE1

Tetradic#5BE1A5, #625BE1, #E15B97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F9DC

Lighter +20%#EDF1B1

Lighter +10%#E4E986

Darker −10%#D0D930

Darker −20%#ADB521

Darker −30%#848A19

Darker −40%#5B5F11

More saturated +25%#F0F943

Less saturated −25%#C4C973

Channel breakdown

R218

G225

B91

Red218 (85.5%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue63.13°

Saturation (HSL)69.07%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DA · G E1 · B 5B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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