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Colour

#DEC36C

  • #DEC36C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#DEC36C is a yellow with RGB values 222, 195, 108 and HSL 46°, 63%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#DEC36C#DEC36C
HEX#DEC36C
RGBrgb(222, 195, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7647, 0.4235
RGB percentages87.1%, 76.5%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(45.8, 63.3%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.8, 51.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 12.2%, 51.4%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,599,020
CSS custom property--colour: #DEC36C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.13:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#213C93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4C064no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAC86Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#EDB7AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.2Khaki · ΔE 13.4Burlywood · ΔE 19Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.6Navajo white · ΔE 22.2Tan · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C87DE
Analogous#DE8A6C, #C0DE6C
Triadic#6CDEC3, #C36CDE
Split complementary#6CC0DE, #8A6CDE
Tetradic#6CDE8A, #6C87DE, #DE6CC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF6E9
Lighter +20%#F1E5BF
Lighter +10%#E7D496
Darker −10%#D5B242
Darker −20%#BA982A
Darker −30%#917620
Darker −40%#675417
More saturated +25%#F5CF55
Less saturated −25%#C7B782

Channel breakdown

R222
G195
B108
Red222 (87.1%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue45.79°
Saturation (HSL)63.33%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G C3 · B 6C

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