Colour

#DFCD83

#DFCD83
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#DFCD83 is a yellow with RGB values 223, 205, 131 and HSL 48°, 59%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#DFCD83#DFCD83

HEX#DFCD83

RGBrgb(223, 205, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8039, 0.5137

RGB percentages87.5%, 80.4%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(48.3, 59%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 41.3%, 87.5%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 41.3%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,667,139

CSS custom property--colour: #DFCD83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.2:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#20327C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBC97Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0D086no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#ECC3BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.2 Khaki · ΔE 11.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.4 Burlywood · ΔE 15.2 Navajo white · ΔE 15.8 Moccasin · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8395DF

Analogous#DF9F83, #C3DF83

Triadic#83DFCD, #CD83DF

Split complementary#83C3DF, #9F83DF

Tetradic#83DF9F, #8395DF, #DF83C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFD

Lighter +20%#F4EED4

Lighter +10%#E9DDAC

Darker −10%#D5BD5A

Darker −20%#C8AB34

Darker −30%#A08929

Darker −40%#77661F

More saturated +25%#F3D96F

Less saturated −25%#CCC197

Channel breakdown

R223

G205

B131

Red223 (87.5%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue48.26°

Saturation (HSL)58.97%

Lightness69.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DF · G CD · B 83

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Colour values

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