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Recognised as Colour

#DCC987

  • #DCC987
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#DCC987 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 201, 135 and HSL 47°, 55%, 70%. 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

#DCC987#DCC987
HEX#DCC987
RGBrgb(220, 201, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7882, 0.5294
RGB percentages86.3%, 78.8%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(46.6, 54.8%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.6, 38.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 8.6%, 38.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,469,511
CSS custom property--colour: #DCC987;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.75:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#233678

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6C682no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBCC89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E8BFB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 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 text12.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.6Burlywood · ΔE 11.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.9Navajo white · ΔE 13.5Wheat · ΔE 14.6Khaki · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#879ADC
Analogous#DC9E87, #C5DC87
Triadic#87DCC9, #C987DC
Split complementary#87C5DC, #9E87DC
Tetradic#87DC9E, #879ADC, #DC87C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFD
Lighter +20%#F3EDD6
Lighter +10%#E8DBAE
Darker −10%#D0B760
Darker −20%#C4A539
Darker −30%#9C842E
Darker −40%#756222
More saturated +25%#EFD474
Less saturated −25%#C9BE9A

Channel breakdown

R220
G201
B135
Red220 (86.3%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue46.59°
Saturation (HSL)54.84%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G C9 · B 87

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