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Recognised as Colour

#CCD96D

  • #CCD96D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#CCD96D is a yellow with RGB values 204, 217, 109 and HSL 67°, 59%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#CCD96D#CCD96D
HEX#CCD96D
RGBrgb(204, 217, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.851, 0.4275
RGB percentages80%, 85.1%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(67.2, 58.7%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(67.2, 49.8%, 85.1%)
CMYK6%, 0%, 49.8%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,425,005
CSS custom property--colour: #CCD96D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#332692

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#E6D063no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5D273no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D7CFC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#7A6DD9
Analogous#D9B06D, #96D96D
Triadic#6DCCD9, #D96DCC
Split complementary#6D96D9, #B06DD9
Tetradic#6DD9B0, #7A6DD9, #D96D96

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F9E6
Lighter +20%#E8EEBE
Lighter +10%#DAE495
Darker −10%#BECE45
Darker −20%#A2B22E
Darker −30%#7D8924
Darker −40%#586119
More saturated +25%#DDF056
Less saturated −25%#BBC284

Channel breakdown

R204
G217
B109
Red204 (80%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue67.22°
Saturation (HSL)58.7%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CC · G D9 · B 6D

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