Recognised as Colour

#DEC852

#DEC852
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEC852 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 200, 82 and HSL 51°, 68%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DEC852#DEC852

HEX#DEC852

RGBrgb(222, 200, 82)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7843, 0.3216

RGB percentages87.1%, 78.4%, 32.2%

HSLhsl(50.6, 68%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 63.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 63.1%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,600,274

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC852;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.49:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#2137AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAC344no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0CB58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EEBAAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Gold · ΔE 28.2 Olive · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5268DE

Analogous#DE8252, #AEDE52

Triadic#52DEC8, #C852DE

Split complementary#52AEDE, #8252DE

Tetradic#52DE82, #5268DE, #DE52AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFD

Lighter +30%#F7F1D2

Lighter +20%#EEE3A8

Lighter +10%#E6D67D

Darker −10%#D4B929

Darker −20%#AA9420

Darker −30%#7F6F18

Darker −40%#544910

More saturated +25%#F8DA38

Less saturated −25%#C4B66C

Channel breakdown

R222

G200

B82

Red222 (87.1%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue82 (32.2%)

Hue50.57°

Saturation (HSL)67.96%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C8 · B 52

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

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