Recognised as Colour

#DCD000

#DCD000
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DCD000 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 208, 0 and HSL 57°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DCD000#DCD000

HEX#DCD000

RGBrgb(220, 208, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8157, 0

RGB percentages86.3%, 81.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(56.7, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.7, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 5.5%, 100%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,471,168

CSS custom property--colour: #DCD000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.07:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#232FFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8CF25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EDC1B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.4 Yellow · ΔE 21.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 28 Yellow green · ΔE 29.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.9 Orange · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000CDC

Analogous#DC6200, #7ADC00

Triadic#00DCD0, #D000DC

Split complementary#007ADC, #6200DC

Tetradic#00DC62, #000CDC, #DC007A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFAA9

Lighter +30%#FFF876

Lighter +20%#FFF543

Lighter +10%#FFF210

Darker −10%#A9A000

Darker −20%#767000

Darker −30%#433F00

Darker −40%#100F00

More saturated +25%#DCD000

Less saturated −25%#C1B81C

Channel breakdown

R220

G208

Red220 (86.3%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue56.73°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G D0 · B 00

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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