Recognised as Colour

#DCCE9B

#DCCE9B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DCCE9B is a yellow with RGB values 220, 206, 155 and HSL 47°, 48%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DCCE9B#DCCE9B

HEX#DCCE9B

RGBrgb(220, 206, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8078, 0.6078

RGB percentages86.3%, 80.8%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(47.1, 48.1%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 29.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 29.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,470,811

CSS custom property--colour: #DCCE9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.34:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#233164

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9CB98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCD09Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#E6C6C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.2 Moccasin · ΔE 10.4 Navajo white · ΔE 10.4 Tan · ΔE 11.4 Burlywood · ΔE 11.8

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BA9DC

Analogous#DCAE9B, #CADC9B

Triadic#9BDCCE, #CE9BDC

Split complementary#9BCADC, #AE9BDC

Tetradic#9BDCAE, #9BA9DC, #DC9BCA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F3E7

Lighter +10%#E9E1C1

Darker −10%#CFBB75

Darker −20%#C2A94F

Darker −30%#A48D3A

Darker −40%#7F6D2C

More saturated +25%#EDD88A

Less saturated −25%#CBC4AC

Channel breakdown

R220

G206

B155

Red220 (86.3%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue47.08°

Saturation (HSL)48.15%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G CE · B 9B

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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