Colour

#DCC868

#DCC868
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DCC868 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 200, 104 and HSL 50°, 62%, 64%. 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

#DCC868#DCC868

HEX#DCC868

RGBrgb(220, 200, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7843, 0.4078

RGB percentages86.3%, 78.4%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(49.7, 62.4%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 52.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 52.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,469,224

CSS custom property--colour: #DCC868;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.5:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#233797

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C45Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DECB6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EBBCB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Burlywood · ΔE 23.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.1 Navajo white · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#687CDC

Analogous#DC8E68, #B6DC68

Triadic#68DCC8, #C868DC

Split complementary#68B6DC, #8E68DC

Tetradic#68DC8E, #687CDC, #DC68B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F5E4

Lighter +20%#EFE6BB

Lighter +10%#E6D791

Darker −10%#D2B93F

Darker −20%#B49C2A

Darker −30%#8B7820

Darker −40%#615517

More saturated +25%#F3D751

Less saturated −25%#C5B97F

Channel breakdown

R220

G200

B104

Red220 (86.3%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue49.66°

Saturation (HSL)62.37%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G C8 · B 68

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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