Colour

#DCDC73

#DCDC73
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DCDC73 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 220, 115 and HSL 60°, 60%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCDC73#DCDC73

HEX#DCDC73

RGBrgb(220, 220, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8627, 0.451

RGB percentages86.3%, 86.3%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(60, 60%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 47.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 47.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,474,355

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDC73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.53:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#23238C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD46Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD878no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#E9D1C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22 Yellow green · ΔE 29.7 Navajo white · ΔE 29.9 Moccasin · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.3, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7373DC

Analogous#DCA873, #A8DC73

Triadic#73DCDC, #DC73DC

Split complementary#73A8DC, #A873DC

Tetradic#73DCA8, #7373DC, #DC73A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFBED

Lighter +20%#F0F0C5

Lighter +10%#E6E69C

Darker −10%#D2D24A

Darker −20%#BABA2F

Darker −30%#929224

Darker −40%#69691A

More saturated +25%#F2F25D

Less saturated −25%#C6C689

Channel breakdown

R220

G220

B115

Red220 (86.3%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR DC · G DC · B 73

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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