Recognised as Colour

#DEC868

#DEC868
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEC868 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 200, 104 and HSL 49°, 64%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DEC868#DEC868

HEX#DEC868

RGBrgb(222, 200, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7843, 0.4078

RGB percentages87.1%, 78.4%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(48.8, 64.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 53.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 53.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,600,296

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC868;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.57:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#213797

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9C45Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DECB6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EDBCB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Burlywood · ΔE 23.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.6 Navajo white · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#687EDE

Analogous#DE8D68, #B9DE68

Triadic#68DEC8, #C868DE

Split complementary#68B9DE, #8D68DE

Tetradic#68DE8D, #687EDE, #DE68B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F6E6

Lighter +20%#F0E6BC

Lighter +10%#E7D792

Darker −10%#D5B93E

Darker −20%#B89D28

Darker −30%#8E791F

Darker −40%#645616

More saturated +25%#F5D651

Less saturated −25%#C7BA7F

Channel breakdown

R222

G200

B104

Red222 (87.1%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue48.81°

Saturation (HSL)64.13%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C8 · B 68

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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