Recognised as Colour

#DFD008

#DFD008
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DFD008 is a yellow with RGB values 223, 208, 8 and HSL 56°, 93%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DFD008#DFD008

HEX#DFD008

RGBrgb(223, 208, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8157, 0.0314

RGB percentages87.5%, 81.6%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(55.8, 93.1%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.8, 96.4%, 87.5%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 96.4%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,667,784

CSS custom property--colour: #DFD008;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.16:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#202FF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D027no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F1C0B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.3 Yellow · ΔE 21.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.9 Yellow green · ΔE 30.6 Orange · ΔE 36.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0817DF

Analogous#DF6408, #83DF08

Triadic#08DFD0, #D008DF

Split complementary#0882DF, #6508DF

Tetradic#08DF64, #0817DF, #DF0882

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCF8B7

Lighter +30%#FBF285

Lighter +20%#F9ED54

Lighter +10%#F7E823

Darker −10%#AEA206

Darker −20%#7D7404

Darker −30%#4B4603

Darker −40%#1A1801

More saturated +25%#E7D700

Less saturated −25%#C2B725

Channel breakdown

R223

G208

Red223 (87.5%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue55.81°

Saturation (HSL)93.07%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DF · G D0 · B 08

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

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