Recognised as Colour

#DCC85D

#DCC85D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DCC85D is a yellow with RGB values 220, 200, 93 and HSL 51°, 64%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCC85D#DCC85D

HEX#DCC85D

RGBrgb(220, 200, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7843, 0.3647

RGB percentages86.3%, 78.4%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(50.6, 64.5%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 57.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 57.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,469,213

CSS custom property--colour: #DCC85D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.46:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#2337A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9C352no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFCB62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EBBBB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.5 Burlywood · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D71DC

Analogous#DC895D, #B1DC5D

Triadic#5DDCC8, #C85DDC

Split complementary#5DB1DC, #885DDC

Tetradic#5DDC89, #5D71DC, #DC5DB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F3DB

Lighter +20%#EEE4B1

Lighter +10%#E5D687

Darker −10%#D3BA33

Darker −20%#AE9825

Darker −30%#84731C

Darker −40%#5A4F13

More saturated +25%#F5D944

Less saturated −25%#C3B776

Channel breakdown

R220

G200

B93

Red220 (86.3%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue50.55°

Saturation (HSL)64.47%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G C8 · B 5D

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Colour values

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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