Recognised as Colour

#DFD59B

#DFD59B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DFD59B is a yellow with RGB values 223, 213, 155 and HSL 51°, 52%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#DFD59B

RGBrgb(223, 213, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8353, 0.6078

RGB percentages87.5%, 83.5%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(51.2, 51.5%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 30.5%, 87.5%)

CMYK0%, 4.5%, 30.5%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,669,211

CSS custom property--colour: #DFD59B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.13:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#202A64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0D197no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D69Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E9CDC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.7 Wheat · ΔE 10.1 Moccasin · ΔE 11 Navajo white · ΔE 11.3 Burlywood · ΔE 14.6 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BA5DF

Analogous#DFB39B, #C7DF9B

Triadic#9BDFD5, #D59BDF

Split complementary#9BC7DF, #B39BDF

Tetradic#9BDFB3, #9BA5DF, #DF9BC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F5E8

Lighter +10%#EBE5C2

Darker −10%#D3C574

Darker −20%#C6B54E

Darker −30%#AA9937

Darker −40%#84772A

More saturated +25%#F0E18B

Less saturated −25%#CFC9AB

Channel breakdown

R223

G213

B155

Red223 (87.5%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue51.18°

Saturation (HSL)51.52%

Lightness74.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DF · G D5 · B 9B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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