Colour

#DCC756

#DCC756
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DCC756 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 199, 86 and HSL 51°, 66%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCC756#DCC756

HEX#DCC756

RGBrgb(220, 199, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7804, 0.3373

RGB percentages86.3%, 78%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(50.6, 65.7%, 60%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 60.9%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,468,950

CSS custom property--colour: #DCC756;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.35:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#2338A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9C24Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DECA5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#ECBAAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Olive · ΔE 29 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#566BDC

Analogous#DC8456, #AEDC56

Triadic#56DCC7, #C756DC

Split complementary#56AEDC, #8456DC

Tetradic#56DC84, #566BDC, #DC56AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F1D5

Lighter +20%#EEE3AB

Lighter +10%#E5D580

Darker −10%#D3B92C

Darker −20%#A99423

Darker −30%#7F6F1A

Darker −40%#554A12

More saturated +25%#F6D93D

Less saturated −25%#C3B570

Channel breakdown

R220

G199

B86

Red220 (86.3%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue50.6°

Saturation (HSL)65.69%

Lightness60%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G C7 · B 56

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Colour values

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