Recognised as Colour

#DCF421

#DCF421
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#DCF421 is a yellow with RGB values 220, 244, 33 and HSL 67°, 91%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DCF421#DCF421

HEX#DCF421

RGBrgb(220, 244, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9569, 0.1294

RGB percentages86.3%, 95.7%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(66.8, 90.6%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.8, 86.5%, 95.7%)

CMYK9.8%, 0%, 86.5%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,480,417

CSS custom property--colour: #DCF421;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.01:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#230BDE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE83Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EAE6D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 13.5 Green yellow · ΔE 22.6 Yellow green · ΔE 25.6 Gold · ΔE 28.8 Lawn green · ΔE 37.7 Chartreuse · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3921F4

Analogous#F4A321, #73F421

Triadic#21DCF4, #F421DC

Split complementary#2173F4, #A221F4

Tetradic#21F4A2, #3921F4, #F42173

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFEE3

Lighter +30%#F3FBB3

Lighter +20%#EBF982

Lighter +10%#E4F652

Darker −10%#C0D70B

Darker −20%#95A708

Darker −30%#697606

Darker −40%#3E4603

More saturated +25%#E4FF16

Less saturated −25%#C6D73E

Channel breakdown

R220

G244

B33

Red220 (86.3%)

Green244 (95.7%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue66.82°

Saturation (HSL)90.56%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DC · G F4 · B 21

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Colour values

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