Recognised as Colour

#DEC800

#DEC800
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DEC800 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 200, 0 and HSL 54°, 100%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DEC800#DEC800

HEX#DEC800

RGBrgb(222, 200, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7843, 0

RGB percentages87.1%, 78.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(54.1, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.1, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 100%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,600,192

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC800;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.37:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#2137FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCC200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3CA22no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F0B8AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Yellow · ΔE 25.4 Orange · ΔE 32.9 Yellow green · ΔE 33 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.2

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#0016DE

Analogous#DE5900, #85DE00

Triadic#00DEC8, #C800DE

Split complementary#0085DE, #5900DE

Tetradic#00DE59, #0016DE, #DE0085

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF7AB

Lighter +30%#FFF278

Lighter +20%#FFED45

Lighter +10%#FFE812

Darker −10%#AB9A00

Darker −20%#786C00

Darker −30%#453E00

Darker −40%#121000

More saturated +25%#DEC800

Less saturated −25%#C2B21C

Channel breakdown

R222

G200

Red222 (87.1%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue54.05°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C8 · B 00

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Colour values

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