Colour

#DCDC57

#DCDC57
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DCDC57 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 220, 87 and HSL 60°, 66%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCDC57#DCDC57

HEX#DCDC57

RGBrgb(220, 220, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8627, 0.3412

RGB percentages86.3%, 86.3%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(60, 65.5%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 60.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 60.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,474,327

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDC57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.42:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#2323A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD347no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED85Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EACFC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.4 Yellow green · ΔE 23.5 Gold · ΔE 27.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.5 Yellow · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5757DC

Analogous#DC9A57, #9ADC57

Triadic#57DCDC, #DC57DC

Split complementary#579ADC, #9A57DC

Tetradic#57DC9A, #5757DC, #DC579A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F6D6

Lighter +20%#EEEEAB

Lighter +10%#E5E581

Darker −10%#D3D32D

Darker −20%#AAAA23

Darker −30%#7F7F1B

Darker −40%#555512

More saturated +25%#F5F53E

Less saturated −25%#C3C370

Channel breakdown

R220

G220

B87

Red220 (86.3%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)65.52%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR DC · G DC · B 57

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Colour values

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