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Recognised as Colour

#DCE235

  • #DCE235
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#DCE235 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 226, 53 and HSL 62°, 75%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DCE235#DCE235
HEX#DCE235
RGBrgb(220, 226, 53)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8863, 0.2078
RGB percentages86.3%, 88.6%, 20.8%
HSLhsl(62.1, 74.9%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.1, 76.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK2.7%, 0%, 76.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,475,829
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE235;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#231DCA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4D800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#F5DC45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#EBD4C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.2 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 text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 20.3Gold · ΔE 21.8Yellow green · ΔE 22.3Green yellow · ΔE 32.1Khaki · ΔE 34.3Goldenrod · ΔE 34.7
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 20.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3B35E2
Analogous#E29235, #85E235
Triadic#35DCE2, #E235DC
Split complementary#3586E2, #9135E2
Tetradic#35E291, #3B35E2, #E23586

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFCE7
Lighter +30%#F3F5BB
Lighter +20%#EBEF8E
Lighter +10%#E4E862
Darker −10%#C1C71D
Darker −20%#969B16
Darker −30%#6B6E10
Darker −40%#404209
More saturated +25%#F7FF18
Less saturated −25%#C1C552

Channel breakdown

R220
G226
B53
Red220 (86.3%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue53 (20.8%)
Hue62.08°
Saturation (HSL)74.89%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G E2 · B 35

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