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Recognised as Colour

#DCD45F

  • #DCD45F
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#DCD45F is a yellow with RGB values 220, 212, 95 and HSL 56°, 64%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCD45F#DCD45F
HEX#DCD45F
RGBrgb(220, 212, 95)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8314, 0.3725
RGB percentages86.3%, 83.1%, 37.3%
HSLhsl(56.2, 64.1%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.2, 56.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 3.6%, 56.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,472,287
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD45F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.63:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#232BA0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4CD53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8D365no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#EBC7BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.7Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2Goldenrod · ΔE 26.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.2Yellow green · ΔE 28.4Gold · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5F67DC
Analogous#DC965F, #A6DC5F
Triadic#5FDCD4, #D45FDC
Split complementary#5FA6DC, #965FDC
Tetradic#5FDC95, #5F67DC, #DC5FA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F6DD
Lighter +20%#EEEAB3
Lighter +10%#E5DF89
Darker −10%#D3C935
Darker −20%#AFA626
Darker −30%#857E1D
Darker −40%#5B5714
More saturated +25%#F4E947
Less saturated −25%#C4BF77

Channel breakdown

R220
G212
B95
Red220 (86.3%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue95 (37.3%)
Hue56.16°
Saturation (HSL)64.1%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D4 · B 5F

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