Colour

#DCD900

#DCD900
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DCD900 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 217, 0 and HSL 59°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DCD900#DCD900

HEX#DCD900

RGBrgb(220, 217, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.851, 0

RGB percentages86.3%, 85.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(59.2, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.2, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 1.4%, 100%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,473,472

CSS custom property--colour: #DCD900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.97:1

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

Contrast with black13.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#2326FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFD528no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EDCAB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76 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 text13.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.4 Yellow · ΔE 17 Yellow green · ΔE 27.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.3 Green yellow · ΔE 35.5 Khaki · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0003DC

Analogous#DC6B00, #71DC00

Triadic#00DCD9, #D900DC

Split complementary#0071DC, #6B00DC

Tetradic#00DC6B, #0003DC, #DC0071

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEA9

Lighter +30%#FFFD76

Lighter +20%#FFFC43

Lighter +10%#FFFC10

Darker −10%#A9A700

Darker −20%#767400

Darker −30%#434200

Darker −40%#101000

More saturated +25%#DCD900

Less saturated −25%#C1BE1C

Channel breakdown

R220

G217

Red220 (86.3%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue59.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G D9 · B 00

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Channel breakdown

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