Recognised as Colour

#DEC471

#DEC471
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#DEC471 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 196, 113 and HSL 46°, 62%, 66%. 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

#DEC471#DEC471

HEX#DEC471

RGBrgb(222, 196, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7686, 0.4431

RGB percentages87.1%, 76.9%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(45.7, 62.3%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.7, 49.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 49.1%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,599,281

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC471;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.24:1

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

Contrast with black12.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#213B8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C16Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBC974no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EDB8B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 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 text12.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.1 Khaki · ΔE 13 Burlywood · ΔE 17.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.8 Navajo white · ΔE 20.4 Tan · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#718BDE

Analogous#DE8D71, #C2DE71

Triadic#71DEC4, #C471DE

Split complementary#71C2DE, #8E71DE

Tetradic#71DE8D, #718BDE, #DE71C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF8ED

Lighter +20%#F1E6C4

Lighter +10%#E8D59A

Darker −10%#D4B348

Darker −20%#BD9A2C

Darker −30%#947922

Darker −40%#6A5719

More saturated +25%#F4CF5B

Less saturated −25%#C8B987

Channel breakdown

R222

G196

B113

Red222 (87.1%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue45.69°

Saturation (HSL)62.29%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C4 · B 71

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