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Recognised as Colour

#DEC978

  • #DEC978
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#DEC978 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 201, 120 and HSL 48°, 61%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#DEC978#DEC978
HEX#DEC978
RGBrgb(222, 201, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7882, 0.4706
RGB percentages87.1%, 78.8%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(47.6, 60.7%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 45.9%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 9.5%, 45.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,600,568
CSS custom property--colour: #DEC978;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.73:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#213687

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8C671no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DECC7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#ECBEB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.1Khaki · ΔE 11Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.1Burlywood · ΔE 17.2Navajo white · ΔE 19Moccasin · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#788DDE
Analogous#DE9678, #C0DE78
Triadic#78DEC9, #C978DE
Split complementary#78C0DE, #9678DE
Tetradic#78DE96, #788DDE, #DE78C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFAF3
Lighter +20%#F2EACA
Lighter +10%#E8D9A1
Darker −10%#D4B94F
Darker −20%#C1A32F
Darker −30%#988025
Darker −40%#6F5E1B
More saturated +25%#F3D563
Less saturated −25%#C9BD8D

Channel breakdown

R222
G201
B120
Red222 (87.1%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue47.65°
Saturation (HSL)60.71%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G C9 · B 78

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