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Recognised as Colour

#DCC980

  • #DCC980
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#DCC980 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 201, 128 and HSL 48°, 57%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#DCC980#DCC980
HEX#DCC980
RGBrgb(220, 201, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7882, 0.502
RGB percentages86.3%, 78.8%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(47.6, 56.8%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 41.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 8.6%, 41.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,469,504
CSS custom property--colour: #DCC980;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.71:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#23367F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7C67Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCCC83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E9BFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.4Khaki · ΔE 12.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.4Burlywood · ΔE 14.3Navajo white · ΔE 16Moccasin · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8093DC
Analogous#DC9B80, #C1DC80
Triadic#80DCC9, #C980DC
Split complementary#80C1DC, #9B80DC
Tetradic#80DC9B, #8093DC, #DC80C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFCF8
Lighter +20%#F2EBD0
Lighter +10%#E7DAA8
Darker −10%#D1B858
Darker −20%#C1A435
Darker −30%#99822A
Darker −40%#71601F
More saturated +25%#F0D56C
Less saturated −25%#C8BD94

Channel breakdown

R220
G201
B128
Red220 (86.3%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue47.61°
Saturation (HSL)56.79%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G C9 · B 80

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