Recognised as Colour
#DCC20E
- #DCC20E
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#DCC20E is a yellow with RGB values 220, 194, 14 and HSL 52°, 88%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#DCC20E#DCC20E
HEX#DCC20E
RGBrgb(220, 194, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7608, 0.0549
RGB percentages86.3%, 76.1%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(52.4, 88%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 93.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 11.8%, 93.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,467,598
CSS custom property--colour: #DCC20E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.53831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.77:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#233DF1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0E28DC
Analogous#DC5B0E, #8FDC0E
Triadic#0EDCC2, #C20EDC
Split complementary#0E8FDC, #5B0EDC
Tetradic#0EDC5B, #0E28DC, #DC0E8F
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R220
G194
B14
Red220 (86.3%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue52.43°
Saturation (HSL)88.03%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G C2 · B 0E
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