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Recognised as Colour

#DCD598

  • #DCD598
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DCD598 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 213, 152 and HSL 54°, 49%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DCD598#DCD598
HEX#DCD598
RGBrgb(220, 213, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8353, 0.5961
RGB percentages86.3%, 83.5%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(53.8, 49.3%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.8, 30.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 3.2%, 30.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,472,600
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD598;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65071WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.01:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#232A67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0D194no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2D59Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E6CDC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.6Wheat · ΔE 11.9Moccasin · ΔE 12.6Navajo white · ΔE 12.9Dark khaki · ΔE 14Khaki · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#989FDC
Analogous#DCB398, #C1DC98
Triadic#98DCD5, #D598DC
Split complementary#98C1DC, #B398DC
Tetradic#98DCB3, #989FDC, #DC98C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F4E4
Lighter +10%#E9E5BE
Darker −10%#CFC572
Darker −20%#C2B64C
Darker −30%#A39838
Darker −40%#7D752B
More saturated +25%#EDE387
Less saturated −25%#CBC7A9

Channel breakdown

R220
G213
B152
Red220 (86.3%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue53.82°
Saturation (HSL)49.28%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D5 · B 98

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