Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#DEC44B

  • #DEC44B
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#DEC44B is a yellow with RGB values 222, 196, 75 and HSL 49°, 69%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#DEC44B#DEC44B
HEX#DEC44B
RGBrgb(222, 196, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7686, 0.2941
RGB percentages87.1%, 76.9%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(49.4, 69%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 66.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 11.7%, 66.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,599,243
CSS custom property--colour: #DEC44B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.1:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#213BB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7C03Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEC851no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EFB6ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.9Khaki · ΔE 20.7Dark khaki · ΔE 23.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.6Gold · ΔE 26.5Olive · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4B65DE
Analogous#DE7B4B, #AEDE4B
Triadic#4BDEC4, #C44BDE
Split complementary#4BAEDE, #7B4BDE
Tetradic#4BDE7B, #4B65DE, #DE4BAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDF7
Lighter +30%#F6EECC
Lighter +20%#EEE0A1
Lighter +10%#E6D276
Darker −10%#D0B226
Darker −20%#A58D1E
Darker −30%#7A6816
Darker −40%#4F430E
More saturated +25%#F9D530
Less saturated −25%#C3B366

Channel breakdown

R222
G196
B75
Red222 (87.1%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue49.39°
Saturation (HSL)69.01%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G C4 · B 4B

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “dec44b” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.