Recognised as Colour

#DCD850

#DCD850
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DCD850 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 216, 80 and HSL 58°, 67%, 59%. 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

#DCD850#DCD850

HEX#DCD850

RGBrgb(220, 216, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8471, 0.3137

RGB percentages86.3%, 84.7%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(58.3, 66.7%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.3, 63.6%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 1.8%, 63.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,473,296

CSS custom property--colour: #DCD850;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.98:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#2327AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D03Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD559no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EBCBBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.5 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 text13.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 21.8 Yellow green · ΔE 24.4 Gold · ΔE 25.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.7 Yellow · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 21.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5054DC

Analogous#DC9250, #9ADC50

Triadic#50DCD8, #D850DC

Split complementary#509ADC, #9250DC

Tetradic#50DC92, #5054DC, #DC509A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FEFEFA

Lighter +30%#F6F4D0

Lighter +20%#EDEBA5

Lighter +10%#E4E17A

Darker −10%#D0CB29

Darker −20%#A5A121

Darker −30%#7B7818

Darker −40%#504E10

More saturated +25%#F6F136

Less saturated −25%#C2BF6A

Channel breakdown

R220

G216

B80

Red220 (86.3%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue58.29°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness58.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G D8 · B 50

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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