Recognised as Colour

#DEC600

#DEC600
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DEC600 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 198, 0 and HSL 54°, 100%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DEC600#DEC600

HEX#DEC600

RGBrgb(222, 198, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7765, 0

RGB percentages87.1%, 77.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(53.5, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 100%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,599,680

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC600;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.18:1

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

Contrast with black12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#2139FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBC000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1C922no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#F0B6A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.4 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 text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.7 Yellow · ΔE 26.5 Orange · ΔE 31.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.1 Yellow green · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0018DE

Analogous#DE5700, #87DE00

Triadic#00DEC6, #C600DE

Split complementary#0087DE, #5700DE

Tetradic#00DE57, #0018DE, #DE0087

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6AB

Lighter +30%#FFF078

Lighter +20%#FFEB45

Lighter +10%#FFE512

Darker −10%#AB9900

Darker −20%#786B00

Darker −30%#453E00

Darker −40%#121000

More saturated +25%#DEC600

Less saturated −25%#C2B01C

Channel breakdown

R222

G198

Red222 (87.1%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue53.51°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C6 · B 00

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