Colour

#DBC86D

#DBC86D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DBC86D is a yellow with RGB values 219, 200, 109 and HSL 50°, 60%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DBC86D#DBC86D

HEX#DBC86D

RGBrgb(219, 200, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.7843, 0.4275

RGB percentages85.9%, 78.4%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(49.6, 60.4%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 50.2%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.7%, 50.2%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,403,693

CSS custom property--colour: #DBC86D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.49:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#243792

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C465no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDCB71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E9BCB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.8 Burlywood · ΔE 21.6 Navajo white · ΔE 23.6 Moccasin · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D80DB

Analogous#DB916D, #B7DB6D

Triadic#6DDBC8, #C86DDB

Split complementary#6DB7DB, #916DDB

Tetradic#6DDB91, #6D80DB, #DB6DB7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F6E8

Lighter +20%#EFE7BF

Lighter +10%#E5D796

Darker −10%#D1B944

Darker −20%#B59E2D

Darker −30%#8C7A23

Darker −40%#635719

More saturated +25%#F2D756

Less saturated −25%#C4B984

Channel breakdown

R219

G200

B109

Red219 (85.9%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue49.64°

Saturation (HSL)60.44%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G C8 · B 6D

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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