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Recognised as Colour

#DCCD8B

  • #DCCD8B
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DCCD8B is a yellow with RGB values 220, 205, 139 and HSL 49°, 54%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DCCD8B#DCCD8B
HEX#DCCD8B
RGBrgb(220, 205, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8039, 0.5451
RGB percentages86.3%, 80.4%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(48.9, 53.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 36.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 6.8%, 36.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,470,539
CSS custom property--colour: #DCCD8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#233274

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DACA86no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DECF8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E8C4BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.2Dark khaki · ΔE 10.9Burlywood · ΔE 13.3Navajo white · ΔE 13.5Khaki · ΔE 13.9Wheat · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)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#8B9ADC
Analogous#DCA58B, #C2DC8B
Triadic#8BDCCD, #CD8BDC
Split complementary#8BC2DC, #A48BDC
Tetradic#8BDCA5, #8B9ADC, #DC8BC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4EFD9
Lighter +10%#E8DEB2
Darker −10%#D0BC64
Darker −20%#C4AB3D
Darker −30%#9E8A30
Darker −40%#776824
More saturated +25%#EFD978
Less saturated −25%#C9C19E

Channel breakdown

R220
G205
B139
Red220 (86.3%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue48.89°
Saturation (HSL)53.64%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G CD · B 8B

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