Colour

#DEC468

#DEC468
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#DEC468 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 196, 104 and HSL 47°, 64%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#DEC468#DEC468

HEX#DEC468

RGBrgb(222, 196, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7686, 0.4078

RGB percentages87.1%, 76.9%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(46.8, 64.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.8, 53.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 53.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,599,272

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC468;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.2:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#213B97

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5C160no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBC96Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EDB8AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.3 Khaki · ΔE 13.3 Burlywood · ΔE 21.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Navajo white · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6882DE

Analogous#DE8968, #BDDE68

Triadic#68DEC4, #C468DE

Split complementary#68BDDE, #8968DE

Tetradic#68DE89, #6882DE, #DE68BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F5E6

Lighter +20%#F0E5BC

Lighter +10%#E7D492

Darker −10%#D5B43E

Darker −20%#B89828

Darker −30%#8E761F

Darker −40%#645316

More saturated +25%#F5D151

Less saturated −25%#C7B77F

Channel breakdown

R222

G196

B104

Red222 (87.1%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue46.78°

Saturation (HSL)64.13%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C4 · B 68

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Colour values

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