Recognised as Colour

#DCDF8F

#DCDF8F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DCDF8F is a yellow with RGB values 220, 223, 143 and HSL 62°, 56%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCDF8F#DCDF8F

HEX#DCDF8F

RGBrgb(220, 223, 143)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8745, 0.5608

RGB percentages86.3%, 87.5%, 56.1%

HSLhsl(62.2, 55.6%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.2, 35.9%, 87.5%)

CMYK1.3%, 0%, 35.9%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,475,151

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDF8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#232070

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD889no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECDB92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E6D6CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.2 Moccasin · ΔE 20.4 Navajo white · ΔE 20.7 Wheat · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#928FDF

Analogous#DFBA8F, #B4DF8F

Triadic#8FDCDF, #DF8FDC

Split complementary#8FB4DF, #BA8FDF

Tetradic#8FDFBA, #928FDF, #DF8FB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F6DE

Lighter +10%#E8EAB7

Darker −10%#D0D467

Darker −20%#C3C840

Darker −30%#A1A62F

Darker −40%#7B7E24

More saturated +25%#EDF17D

Less saturated −25%#CBCDA1

Channel breakdown

R220

G223

B143

Red220 (86.3%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue143 (56.1%)

Hue62.25°

Saturation (HSL)55.56%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DC · G DF · B 8F

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Colour values

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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