Recognised as Colour

#DEC94E

#DEC94E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#DEC94E is a yellow with RGB values 222, 201, 78 and HSL 51°, 69%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#DEC94E#DEC94E

HEX#DEC94E

RGBrgb(222, 201, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7882, 0.3059

RGB percentages87.1%, 78.8%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(51.3, 68.6%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 64.9%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 64.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,600,526

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC94E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.9 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#C5C5C5

Inverted#2136B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBC43Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1CC55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#EEBBAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 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

Goldenrod · ΔE 19.3 Khaki · ΔE 19.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.9 Gold · ΔE 26.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.1 Olive · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 19.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E63DE

Analogous#DE814E, #ABDE4E

Triadic#4EDEC9, #C94EDE

Split complementary#4EABDE, #814EDE

Tetradic#4EDE81, #4E63DE, #DE4EAB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFDFA

Lighter +30%#F6F0CF

Lighter +20%#EEE3A4

Lighter +10%#E6D679

Darker −10%#D2B927

Darker −20%#A7931F

Darker −30%#7C6D17

Darker −40%#51470F

More saturated +25%#F8DC34

Less saturated −25%#C4B668

Channel breakdown

R222

G201

B78

Red222 (87.1%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue51.25°

Saturation (HSL)68.57%

Lightness58.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C9 · B 4E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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