Recognised as Colour

#DEC406

#DEC406
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DEC406 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 196, 6 and HSL 53°, 95%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DEC406#DEC406

HEX#DEC406

RGBrgb(222, 196, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7686, 0.0235

RGB percentages87.1%, 76.9%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(52.8, 94.7%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.8, 97.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 97.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,599,174

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC406;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#213BF9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9BE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0C823no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F0B4A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Yellow · ΔE 27.9 Orange · ΔE 30.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.7 Yellow green · ΔE 34.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0620DE

Analogous#DE5806, #8CDE06

Triadic#06DEC4, #C406DE

Split complementary#068CDE, #5806DE

Tetradic#06DE58, #0620DE, #DE068C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF4B3

Lighter +30%#FCED81

Lighter +20%#FAE650

Lighter +10%#F9DF1E

Darker −10%#AC9805

Darker −20%#7B6C03

Darker −30%#494002

Darker −40%#171501

More saturated +25%#E4C900

Less saturated −25%#C2AE23

Channel breakdown

R222

G196

Red222 (87.1%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue52.78°

Saturation (HSL)94.74%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C4 · B 06

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Colour values

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