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Recognised as Colour

#DCDEC6

  • #DCDEC6
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#DCDEC6 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 222, 198 and HSL 65°, 27%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#DCDEC6#DCDEC6
HEX#DCDEC6
RGBrgb(220, 222, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8706, 0.7765
RGB percentages86.3%, 87.1%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(65, 26.7%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65, 10.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK0.9%, 0%, 10.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,474,950
CSS custom property--colour: #DCDEC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.31:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#232139

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2DCC5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2DCC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DFDBD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 8.2Antique white · ΔE 8.9Papaya whip · ΔE 10Cornsilk · ΔE 10.4Blanched almond · ΔE 10.8Old lace · ΔE 10.9
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 8.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8C6DE
Analogous#DED4C6, #D0DEC6
Triadic#C6DCDE, #DEC6DC
Split complementary#C6D0DE, #D4C6DE
Tetradic#C6DED4, #C8C6DE, #DEC6D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0F1E6
Darker −10%#C8CBA6
Darker −20%#B4B985
Darker −30%#A0A665
Darker −40%#84894F
More saturated +25%#E5E9BB
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D1

Channel breakdown

R220
G222
B198
Red220 (86.3%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue65°
Saturation (HSL)26.67%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G DE · B C6

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