Recognised as Colour

#DCD955

#DCD955
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DCD955 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 217, 85 and HSL 59°, 66%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCD955#DCD955

HEX#DCD955

RGBrgb(220, 217, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.851, 0.3333

RGB percentages86.3%, 85.1%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(58.7, 65.9%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.7, 61.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 1.4%, 61.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,473,557

CSS custom property--colour: #DCD955;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.1:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#2326AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD145no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD65Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EBCCBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.1 Yellow green · ΔE 24.5 Gold · ΔE 27.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 28 Olive · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5558DC

Analogous#DC9555, #9CDC55

Triadic#55DCD9, #D955DC

Split complementary#559CDC, #9555DC

Tetradic#55DC95, #5558DC, #DC559C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFE

Lighter +30%#F6F5D4

Lighter +20%#EDECAA

Lighter +10%#E5E27F

Darker −10%#D3CF2B

Darker −20%#A8A523

Darker −30%#7E7C1A

Darker −40%#545211

More saturated +25%#F6F13B

Less saturated −25%#C2C16F

Channel breakdown

R220

G217

B85

Red220 (86.3%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue58.67°

Saturation (HSL)65.85%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G D9 · B 55

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