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Recognised as Colour

#DCE593

  • #DCE593
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#DCE593 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 229, 147 and HSL 67°, 61%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DCE593#DCE593
HEX#DCE593
RGBrgb(220, 229, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.898, 0.5765
RGB percentages86.3%, 89.8%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(66.6, 61.2%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66.6, 35.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK3.9%, 0%, 35.8%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,476,691
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE593;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.67:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#231A6C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0DE8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0DF97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E5DCD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.7Dark khaki · ΔE 16.6Lemon chiffon · ΔE 21.5Moccasin · ΔE 22.1Wheat · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C93E5
Analogous#E5C593, #B3E593
Triadic#93DCE5, #E593DC
Split complementary#93B3E5, #C593E5
Tetradic#93E5C5, #9C93E5, #E593B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F9E5
Lighter +10%#E9EFBC
Darker −10%#CFDB6A
Darker −20%#C1D141
Darker −30%#A5B42B
Darker −40%#7F8B21
More saturated +25%#E9F682
Less saturated −25%#CFD4A4

Channel breakdown

R220
G229
B147
Red220 (86.3%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue66.59°
Saturation (HSL)61.19%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G E5 · B 93

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