Recognised as Colour

#DCD200

#DCD200
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DCD200 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 210, 0 and HSL 57°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DCD200#DCD200

HEX#DCD200

RGBrgb(220, 210, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8235, 0

RGB percentages86.3%, 82.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(57.3, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.3, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 4.5%, 100%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,471,680

CSS custom property--colour: #DCD200;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.26:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#232DFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5CA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D026no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EDC3B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.9 Yellow · ΔE 20.2 Yellow green · ΔE 29.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.2 Khaki · ΔE 38.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 39

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000ADC

Analogous#DC6400, #78DC00

Triadic#00DCD2, #D200DC

Split complementary#0078DC, #6400DC

Tetradic#00DC64, #000ADC, #DC0078

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBA9

Lighter +30%#FFF976

Lighter +20%#FFF643

Lighter +10%#FFF410

Darker −10%#A9A100

Darker −20%#767100

Darker −30%#434000

Darker −40%#100F00

More saturated +25%#DCD200

Less saturated −25%#C1B91C

Channel breakdown

R220

G210

Red220 (86.3%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue57.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G D2 · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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