Recognised as Colour

#DCCD6C

#DCCD6C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DCCD6C is a yellow with RGB values 220, 205, 108 and HSL 52°, 62%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCCD6C#DCCD6C

HEX#DCCD6C

RGBrgb(220, 205, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8039, 0.4235

RGB percentages86.3%, 80.4%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(52, 61.5%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 50.9%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 50.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,470,508

CSS custom property--colour: #DCCD6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.99:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#233293

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDC863no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1CE70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EAC1B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Burlywood · ΔE 24.9 Navajo white · ΔE 25.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C7BDC

Analogous#DC956C, #B3DC6C

Triadic#6CDCCD, #CD6CDC

Split complementary#6CB3DC, #956CDC

Tetradic#6CDC95, #6C7BDC, #DC6CB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F7E8

Lighter +20%#F0E9BE

Lighter +10%#E6DB95

Darker −10%#D2BF43

Darker −20%#B7A42B

Darker −30%#8D7F22

Darker −40%#645A18

More saturated +25%#F3DE55

Less saturated −25%#C5BC83

Channel breakdown

R220

G205

B108

Red220 (86.3%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue51.96°

Saturation (HSL)61.54%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G CD · B 6C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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