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Recognised as Colour

#DCCF9A

  • #DCCF9A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DCCF9A is a yellow with RGB values 220, 207, 154 and HSL 48°, 49%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DCCF9A#DCCF9A
HEX#DCCF9A
RGBrgb(220, 207, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8118, 0.6039
RGB percentages86.3%, 81.2%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(48.2, 48.5%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 30%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 5.9%, 30%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,471,066
CSS custom property--colour: #DCCF9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.43:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#233065

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DACC96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDD19Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E6C7C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.5Moccasin · ΔE 10.7Navajo white · ΔE 10.7Tan · ΔE 12.2Burlywood · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AA7DC
Analogous#DCAE9A, #C8DC9A
Triadic#9ADCCF, #CF9ADC
Split complementary#9AC8DC, #AE9ADC
Tetradic#9ADCAE, #9AA7DC, #DC9AC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F3E6
Lighter +10%#E9E1C0
Darker −10%#CFBD74
Darker −20%#C2AB4E
Darker −30%#A48F39
Darker −40%#7E6E2C
More saturated +25%#EDD989
Less saturated −25%#CBC5AB

Channel breakdown

R220
G207
B154
Red220 (86.3%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue48.18°
Saturation (HSL)48.53%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G CF · B 9A

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