Colour

#DAE489

#DAE489
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DAE489 is a yellow with RGB values 218, 228, 137 and HSL 67°, 63%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#DAE489

RGBrgb(218, 228, 137)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8941, 0.5373

RGB percentages85.5%, 89.4%, 53.7%

HSLhsl(66.6, 62.8%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.6, 39.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK4.4%, 0%, 39.9%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,345,353

CSS custom property--colour: #DAE489;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.44:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#251B76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0DC82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DE8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E4DACEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 25.8 Moccasin · ΔE 25.9 Navajo white · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9389E4

Analogous#E4C189, #ACE489

Triadic#89DAE4, #E489DA

Split complementary#89ACE4, #C189E4

Tetradic#89E4C1, #9389E4, #E489AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F7DC

Lighter +10%#E7EDB3

Darker −10%#CDDB5F

Darker −20%#C0D136

Darker −30%#9EAD27

Darker −40%#78831E

More saturated +25%#E8F677

Less saturated −25%#CCD29B

Channel breakdown

R218

G228

B137

Red218 (85.5%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue137 (53.7%)

Hue66.59°

Saturation (HSL)62.76%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DA · G E4 · B 89

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