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Recognised as Colour

#DBD38E

  • #DBD38E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DBD38E is a yellow with RGB values 219, 211, 142 and HSL 54°, 52%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DBD38E#DBD38E
HEX#DBD38E
RGBrgb(219, 211, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8275, 0.5569
RGB percentages85.9%, 82.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(53.8, 51.7%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.8, 35.2%, 85.9%)
CMYK0%, 3.7%, 35.2%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,406,542
CSS custom property--colour: #DBD38E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63602WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.72:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#242C71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFCE89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2D391no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E6CAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.5Dark khaki · ΔE 11.2Khaki · ΔE 11.9Navajo white · ΔE 15.2Wheat · ΔE 15.4Moccasin · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E96DB
Analogous#DBAC8E, #BCDB8E
Triadic#8EDBD3, #D38EDB
Split complementary#8EBCDB, #AC8EDB
Tetradic#8EDBAC, #8E96DB, #DB8EBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F1DB
Lighter +10%#E7E2B5
Darker −10%#CFC467
Darker −20%#C2B541
Darker −30%#9E9332
Darker −40%#776F26
More saturated +25%#EEE27B
Less saturated −25%#C8C4A1

Channel breakdown

R219
G211
B142
Red219 (85.9%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue53.77°
Saturation (HSL)51.68%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DB · G D3 · B 8E

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