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Recognised as Colour

#DCD580

  • #DCD580
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#DCD580 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 213, 128 and HSL 55°, 57%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCD580#DCD580
HEX#DCD580
RGBrgb(220, 213, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8353, 0.502
RGB percentages86.3%, 83.5%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(55.4, 56.8%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.4, 41.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 3.2%, 41.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,472,576
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD580;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.87:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#232A7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3CF79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5D484no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E8CBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.6Dark khaki · ΔE 11.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.9Navajo white · ΔE 21.1Moccasin · ΔE 21.7Burlywood · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8087DC
Analogous#DCA780, #B5DC80
Triadic#80DCD5, #D580DC
Split complementary#80B5DC, #A780DC
Tetradic#80DCA7, #8087DC, #DC80B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFDF8
Lighter +20%#F2EFD0
Lighter +10%#E7E2A8
Darker −10%#D1C858
Darker −20%#C1B635
Darker −30%#99902A
Darker −40%#716B1F
More saturated +25%#F0E66C
Less saturated −25%#C8C494

Channel breakdown

R220
G213
B128
Red220 (86.3%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue55.43°
Saturation (HSL)56.79%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D5 · B 80

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