Colour

#DCCF9D

#DCCF9D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DCCF9D is a yellow with RGB values 220, 207, 157 and HSL 48°, 47%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DCCF9D#DCCF9D

HEX#DCCF9D

RGBrgb(220, 207, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8118, 0.6157

RGB percentages86.3%, 81.2%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(47.6, 47.4%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 28.6%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 28.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,471,069

CSS custom property--colour: #DCCF9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.46:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#233062

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9CC9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDD19Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E6C8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 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 text13.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.2 Moccasin · ΔE 10.3 Navajo white · ΔE 10.5 Tan · ΔE 11.6 Burlywood · ΔE 12.3

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.2, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DAADC

Analogous#DCB09D, #CADC9D

Triadic#9DDCCF, #CF9DDC

Split complementary#9DCADC, #B09DDC

Tetradic#9DDCAF, #9DAADC, #DC9DCA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F4E8

Lighter +10%#E9E1C3

Darker −10%#CFBD77

Darker −20%#C1AA52

Darker −30%#A58F3B

Darker −40%#7F6F2E

More saturated +25%#EDD98C

Less saturated −25%#CBC5AE

Channel breakdown

R220

G207

B157

Red220 (86.3%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue47.62°

Saturation (HSL)47.37%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G CF · B 9D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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