Colour

#DBC556

#DBC556
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DBC556 is a yellow with RGB values 219, 197, 86 and HSL 50°, 65%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DBC556#DBC556

HEX#DBC556

RGBrgb(219, 197, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.7725, 0.3373

RGB percentages85.9%, 77.3%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(50.1, 64.9%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 60.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 60.7%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,402,902

CSS custom property--colour: #DBC556;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.13:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#243AA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7C04Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDC85Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EBB8ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Olive · ΔE 28.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#566CDB

Analogous#DB8256, #AEDB56

Triadic#56DBC5, #C556DB

Split complementary#56AEDB, #8356DB

Tetradic#56DB83, #566CDB, #DB56AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFE

Lighter +30%#F6F0D4

Lighter +20%#EDE2AA

Lighter +10%#E4D380

Darker −10%#D1B62D

Darker −20%#A79224

Darker −30%#7D6D1B

Darker −40%#534812

More saturated +25%#F5D63C

Less saturated −25%#C1B470

Channel breakdown

R219

G197

B86

Red219 (85.9%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue50.08°

Saturation (HSL)64.88%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G C5 · B 56

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