Recognised as Colour

#DEC95A

#DEC95A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEC95A is a yellow with RGB values 222, 201, 90 and HSL 50°, 67%, 61%. 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

#DEC95A#DEC95A

HEX#DEC95A

RGBrgb(222, 201, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7882, 0.3529

RGB percentages87.1%, 78.8%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(50.5, 66.7%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 59.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 59.5%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,600,538

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC95A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.61:1

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

Contrast with black12.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#2136A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBC44Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0CC5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EEBCB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 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 text12.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28 Olive · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A6FDE

Analogous#DE875A, #B1DE5A

Triadic#5ADEC9, #C95ADE

Split complementary#5AB1DE, #875ADE

Tetradic#5ADE87, #5A6FDE, #DE5AB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F3DA

Lighter +20%#EFE5AF

Lighter +10%#E7D785

Darker −10%#D5BB30

Darker −20%#AF9923

Darker −30%#84741B

Darker −40%#5A4F12

More saturated +25%#F7DA41

Less saturated −25%#C5B873

Channel breakdown

R222

G201

B90

Red222 (87.1%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue50.45°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness61.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C9 · B 5A

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

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