Recognised as Colour

#DCE12E

#DCE12E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#DCE12E is a yellow with RGB values 220, 225, 46 and HSL 62°, 75%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DCE12E#DCE12E

HEX#DCE12E

RGBrgb(220, 225, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8824, 0.1804

RGB percentages86.3%, 88.2%, 18%

HSLhsl(61.7, 74.9%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.7, 79.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK2.2%, 0%, 79.6%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,475,566

CSS custom property--colour: #DCE12E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69263WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.85:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#231ED1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DB3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Tritanopia#ECD3C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 19.1 Gold · ΔE 20.8 Yellow green · ΔE 23.2 Green yellow · ΔE 32.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.8 Khaki · ΔE 35.8

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 19.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#332EE1

Analogous#E18C2E, #83E12E

Triadic#2EDCE1, #E12EDC

Split complementary#2E83E1, #8C2EE1

Tetradic#2EE18C, #332EE1, #E12E83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAFBE0

Lighter +30%#F2F4B4

Lighter +20%#EBEE87

Lighter +10%#E3E75B

Darker −10%#BCC01C

Darker −20%#909415

Darker −30%#65670F

Darker −40%#393B08

More saturated +25%#F8FF10

Less saturated −25%#C0C34C

Channel breakdown

R220

G225

B46

Red220 (86.3%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue61.68°

Saturation (HSL)74.9%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DC · G E1 · B 2E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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