Recognised as Colour

#DEC968

#DEC968
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEC968 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 201, 104 and HSL 49°, 64%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DEC968#DEC968

HEX#DEC968

RGBrgb(222, 201, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7882, 0.4078

RGB percentages87.1%, 78.8%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(49.3, 64.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 53.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 53.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,600,552

CSS custom property--colour: #DEC968;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.66:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#213697

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAC55Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFCC6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EDBDB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 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 text12.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Burlywood · ΔE 24.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.7 Navajo white · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#687DDE

Analogous#DE8E68, #B8DE68

Triadic#68DEC9, #C968DE

Split complementary#68B8DE, #8E68DE

Tetradic#68DE8E, #687DDE, #DE68B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F6E6

Lighter +20%#F0E7BC

Lighter +10%#E7D892

Darker −10%#D5BA3E

Darker −20%#B89E28

Darker −30%#8E7A1F

Darker −40%#645616

More saturated +25%#F5D851

Less saturated −25%#C7BA7F

Channel breakdown

R222

G201

B104

Red222 (87.1%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue49.32°

Saturation (HSL)64.13%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G C9 · B 68

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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