Recognised as Colour

#DBD905

#DBD905
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DBD905 is a yellow with RGB values 219, 217, 5 and HSL 59°, 96%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DBD905#DBD905

HEX#DBD905

RGBrgb(219, 217, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.851, 0.0196

RGB percentages85.9%, 85.1%, 2%

HSLhsl(59.4, 95.5%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.4, 97.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 97.7%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,407,941

CSS custom property--colour: #DBD905;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.94:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#2426FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECCF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED52Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#ECCAB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.9 Yellow · ΔE 17.3 Yellow green · ΔE 27.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.3 Green yellow · ΔE 35.2 Khaki · ΔE 40

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0507DB

Analogous#DB6E05, #72DB05

Triadic#05DBD9, #D905DB

Split complementary#0572DB, #6E05DB

Tetradic#05DB6E, #0507DB, #DB0572

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFCAF

Lighter +30%#FCFB7D

Lighter +20%#FBF94B

Lighter +10%#FAF819

Darker −10%#A9A804

Darker −20%#777603

Darker −30%#454502

Darker −40%#141300

More saturated +25%#E0DE00

Less saturated −25%#BFBE21

Channel breakdown

R219

G217

Red219 (85.9%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue59.44°

Saturation (HSL)95.54%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G D9 · B 05

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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