Colour

#DCDB55

#DCDB55
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DCDB55 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 219, 85 and HSL 60°, 66%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCDB55#DCDB55

HEX#DCDB55

RGBrgb(220, 219, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8588, 0.3333

RGB percentages86.3%, 85.9%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(59.6, 65.9%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.6, 61.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 0.5%, 61.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,474,069

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDB55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.31:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#2324AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD345no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED75Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EBCEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.8 Yellow green · ΔE 23.7 Gold · ΔE 27.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 29 Yellow · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5556DC

Analogous#DC9755, #9ADC55

Triadic#55DCDB, #DB55DC

Split complementary#559ADC, #9755DC

Tetradic#55DC97, #5556DC, #DC559A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFE

Lighter +30%#F6F6D4

Lighter +20%#EDEDAA

Lighter +10%#E5E47F

Darker −10%#D3D12B

Darker −20%#A8A723

Darker −30%#7E7D1A

Darker −40%#545311

More saturated +25%#F6F43B

Less saturated −25%#C2C26F

Channel breakdown

R220

G219

B85

Red220 (86.3%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue59.56°

Saturation (HSL)65.85%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G DB · B 55

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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