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Recognised as Colour

#DCAA05

  • #DCAA05
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#DCAA05 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 170, 5 and HSL 46°, 96%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#DCAA05#DCAA05
HEX#DCAA05
RGBrgb(220, 170, 5)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6667, 0.0196
RGB percentages86.3%, 66.7%, 2%
HSLhsl(46, 95.6%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46, 97.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 22.7%, 97.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,461,445
CSS custom property--colour: #DCAA05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43976WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.8:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#2355FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1A900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDB71Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F09991no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 6.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18Orange · ΔE 18.3Gold · ΔE 21Dark orange · ΔE 30.6Peru · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 6.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0537DC
Analogous#DC3E05, #A3DC05
Triadic#05DCAA, #AA05DC
Split complementary#05A3DC, #3E05DC
Tetradic#05DC3F, #0537DC, #DC05A3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDEBB0
Lighter +30%#FCDF7E
Lighter +20%#FBD24C
Lighter +10%#FAC61A
Darker −10%#AA8304
Darker −20%#785D03
Darker −30%#463602
Darker −40%#151000
More saturated +25%#E1AD00
Less saturated −25%#C09B21

Channel breakdown

R220
G170
B5
Red220 (86.3%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue5 (2%)
Hue46.05°
Saturation (HSL)95.56%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G AA · B 05

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