Colour

#DEC605

#DEC605
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DEC605 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 198, 5 and HSL 53°, 96%, 45%. 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

#DEC605#DEC605

HEX#DEC605

RGBrgb(222, 198, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7765, 0.0196

RGB percentages87.1%, 77.6%, 2%

HSLhsl(53.4, 95.6%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 97.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 97.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,599,685

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC605;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55929WCAG 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 12.19:1

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

Contrast with black12.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#2139FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBC000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1C923no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F0B6A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.5 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 text12.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.4 Yellow · ΔE 26.8 Orange · ΔE 31.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.8 Yellow green · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#051DDE

Analogous#DE5A05, #89DE05

Triadic#05DEC6, #C605DE

Split complementary#058ADE, #5905DE

Tetradic#05DE5A, #051DDE, #DE058A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF5B2

Lighter +30%#FCEE80

Lighter +20%#FBE84E

Lighter +10%#FAE11C

Darker −10%#AC9A04

Darker −20%#7A6D03

Darker −30%#484102

Darker −40%#161401

More saturated +25%#E3CA00

Less saturated −25%#C2B021

Channel breakdown

R222

G198

Red222 (87.1%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue53.36°

Saturation (HSL)95.59%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C6 · B 05

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Colour values

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