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Recognised as Colour

#DEC877

  • #DEC877
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#DEC877 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 200, 119 and HSL 47°, 61%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#DEC877#DEC877
HEX#DEC877
RGBrgb(222, 200, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7843, 0.4667
RGB percentages87.1%, 78.4%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(47.2, 60.9%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.2, 46.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 9.9%, 46.4%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,600,311
CSS custom property--colour: #DEC877;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.63:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#213788

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7C570no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDCC7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#ECBDB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.2Khaki · ΔE 11.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.5Burlywood · ΔE 17Navajo white · ΔE 19.1Moccasin · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#778DDE
Analogous#DE9577, #C1DE77
Triadic#77DEC8, #C877DE
Split complementary#77C1DE, #9477DE
Tetradic#77DE95, #778DDE, #DE77C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFAF2
Lighter +20%#F2E9C9
Lighter +10%#E8D9A0
Darker −10%#D4B74E
Darker −20%#C0A12F
Darker −30%#977F25
Darker −40%#6E5C1B
More saturated +25%#F3D462
Less saturated −25%#C9BC8C

Channel breakdown

R222
G200
B119
Red222 (87.1%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue47.18°
Saturation (HSL)60.95%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G C8 · B 77

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