Recognised as Colour
#DCD838
- #DCD838
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#DCD838 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 216, 56 and HSL 59°, 70%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#DCD838#DCD838
HEX#DCD838
RGBrgb(220, 216, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8471, 0.2196
RGB percentages86.3%, 84.7%, 22%
HSLhsl(58.5, 70.1%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.5, 74.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 1.8%, 74.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,473,272
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD838;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.64613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.92:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#2327C7
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#383CDC
Analogous#DC8638, #8EDC38
Triadic#38DCD8, #D838DC
Split complementary#388EDC, #8638DC
Tetradic#38DC86, #383CDC, #DC388E
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R220
G216
B56
Red220 (86.3%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue58.54°
Saturation (HSL)70.09%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G D8 · B 38
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