Colour

#DCC985

#DCC985
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#DCC985 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 201, 133 and HSL 47°, 55%, 69%. 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

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HEX#DCC985

RGBrgb(220, 201, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7882, 0.5216

RGB percentages86.3%, 78.8%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(46.9, 55.4%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.9, 39.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 39.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,469,509

CSS custom property--colour: #DCC985;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.74:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#23367A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C680no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCCC87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E9BFB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 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 text12.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.2 Burlywood · ΔE 12.5 Khaki · ΔE 14 Navajo white · ΔE 14.2 Wheat · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8598DC

Analogous#DC9D85, #C4DC85

Triadic#85DCC9, #C985DC

Split complementary#85C4DC, #9D85DC

Tetradic#85DC9D, #8598DC, #DC85C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFC

Lighter +20%#F3ECD4

Lighter +10%#E7DBAD

Darker −10%#D1B75D

Darker −20%#C3A538

Darker −30%#9B832D

Darker −40%#746221

More saturated +25%#F0D471

Less saturated −25%#C8BE99

Channel breakdown

R220

G201

B133

Red220 (86.3%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue46.9°

Saturation (HSL)55.41%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G C9 · B 85

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