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Recognised as Colour

#DCCD8D

  • #DCCD8D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DCCD8D is a yellow with RGB values 220, 205, 141 and HSL 49°, 53%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DCCD8D#DCCD8D
HEX#DCCD8D
RGBrgb(220, 205, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8039, 0.5529
RGB percentages86.3%, 80.4%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(48.6, 53%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 35.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 6.8%, 35.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,470,541
CSS custom property--colour: #DCCD8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.16:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#233272

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9CA88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DECF8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E8C4BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 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 text13.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.9Dark khaki · ΔE 11.5Burlywood · ΔE 12.8Navajo white · ΔE 12.8Wheat · ΔE 13.3Moccasin · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D9CDC
Analogous#DCA58D, #C3DC8D
Triadic#8DDCCD, #CD8DDC
Split complementary#8DC3DC, #A68DDC
Tetradic#8DDCA5, #8D9CDC, #DC8DC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4EFDB
Lighter +10%#E8DEB4
Darker −10%#D0BC66
Darker −20%#C4AB3F
Darker −30%#9F8A31
Darker −40%#786825
More saturated +25%#EFD97A
Less saturated −25%#C9C1A0

Channel breakdown

R220
G205
B141
Red220 (86.3%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue48.61°
Saturation (HSL)53.02%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G CD · B 8D

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