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Recognised as Colour

#DCDFA0

  • #DCDFA0
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DCDFA0 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 223, 160 and HSL 63°, 50%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DCDFA0#DCDFA0
HEX#DCDFA0
RGBrgb(220, 223, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8745, 0.6275
RGB percentages86.3%, 87.5%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(62.9, 49.6%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.9, 28.3%, 87.5%)
CMYK1.3%, 0%, 28.3%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,475,168
CSS custom property--colour: #DCDFA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#23205F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9D99Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9DCA3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E4D7CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.2Wheat · ΔE 14.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 14.4Moccasin · ΔE 14.7Khaki · ΔE 14.8Navajo white · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3A0DF
Analogous#DFC3A0, #BDDFA0
Triadic#A0DCDF, #DFA0DC
Split complementary#A0BCDF, #C3A0DF
Tetradic#A0DFC3, #A3A0DF, #DFA0BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F9EC
Lighter +10%#EAECC6
Darker −10%#CED27A
Darker −20%#C0C554
Darker −30%#A7AC3A
Darker −40%#82862D
More saturated +25%#EAEF90
Less saturated −25%#CECFB0

Channel breakdown

R220
G223
B160
Red220 (86.3%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue62.86°
Saturation (HSL)49.61%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G DF · B A0

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