Recognised as Colour

#DCD100

#DCD100
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DCD100 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 209, 0 and HSL 57°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DCD100#DCD100

HEX#DCD100

RGBrgb(220, 209, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8196, 0

RGB percentages86.3%, 82%, 0%

HSLhsl(57, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 5%, 100%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,471,424

CSS custom property--colour: #DCD100;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.3 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#C4C4C4

Inverted#232EFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5C900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D025no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EDC2B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.6 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

Gold · ΔE 13.7 Yellow · ΔE 20.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Yellow green · ΔE 29.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.5 Khaki · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000BDC

Analogous#DC6300, #79DC00

Triadic#00DCD1, #D100DC

Split complementary#0079DC, #6300DC

Tetradic#00DC63, #000BDC, #DC0079

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBA9

Lighter +30%#FFF876

Lighter +20%#FFF643

Lighter +10%#FFF310

Darker −10%#A9A100

Darker −20%#767000

Darker −30%#434000

Darker −40%#100F00

More saturated +25%#DCD100

Less saturated −25%#C1B81C

Channel breakdown

R220

G209

Red220 (86.3%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue57°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G D1 · B 00

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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