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Recognised as Colour

#DCD685

  • #DCD685
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#DCD685 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 214, 133 and HSL 56°, 55%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCD685#DCD685
HEX#DCD685
RGBrgb(220, 214, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8392, 0.5216
RGB percentages86.3%, 83.9%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(55.9, 55.4%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.9, 39.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 2.7%, 39.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,472,837
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD685;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#23297A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3D07Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6D588no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E8CCC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 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 text14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.3Dark khaki · ΔE 11.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12Navajo white · ΔE 19.6Moccasin · ΔE 20Wheat · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#858BDC
Analogous#DCAA85, #B7DC85
Triadic#85DCD6, #D685DC
Split complementary#85B7DC, #AA85DC
Tetradic#85DCAA, #858BDC, #DC85B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFC
Lighter +20%#F3F1D4
Lighter +10%#E7E3AD
Darker −10%#D1C95D
Darker −20%#C3B938
Darker −30%#9B942D
Darker −40%#746E21
More saturated +25%#F0E771
Less saturated −25%#C8C599

Channel breakdown

R220
G214
B133
Red220 (86.3%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue55.86°
Saturation (HSL)55.41%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D6 · B 85

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