Recognised as Colour

#DFD71E

#DFD71E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DFD71E is a yellow with RGB values 223, 215, 30 and HSL 58°, 76%, 50%. 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

#DFD71E#DFD71E

HEX#DFD71E

RGBrgb(223, 215, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8431, 0.1176

RGB percentages87.5%, 84.3%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(57.5, 76.3%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.5, 86.5%, 87.5%)

CMYK0%, 3.6%, 86.5%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,669,598

CSS custom property--colour: #DFD71E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.88:1

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

Contrast with black13.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#2028E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EACE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED533no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F0C8B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.2 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 text13.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.2 Yellow · ΔE 20.3 Yellow green · ΔE 27.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.5 Khaki · ΔE 36.3 Green yellow · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E26DF

Analogous#DF761E, #87DF1E

Triadic#1EDFD7, #D71EDF

Split complementary#1E87DF, #761EDF

Tetradic#1EDF76, #1E26DF, #DF1E87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F7D0

Lighter +30%#F3EFA3

Lighter +20%#EDE876

Lighter +10%#E7E049

Darker −10%#B2AC18

Darker −20%#858012

Darker −30%#58550C

Darker −40%#2B2A06

More saturated +25%#FDF300

Less saturated −25%#BFBA3E

Channel breakdown

R223

G215

B30

Red223 (87.5%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue57.51°

Saturation (HSL)76.28%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DF · G D7 · B 1E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#DFD71E

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else