Colour

#DECB68

#DECB68
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DECB68 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 203, 104 and HSL 50°, 64%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DECB68#DECB68

HEX#DECB68

RGBrgb(222, 203, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7961, 0.4078

RGB percentages87.1%, 79.6%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(50.3, 64.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 53.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 53.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,601,064

CSS custom property--colour: #DECB68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59241WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.85:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#213497

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBC65Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1CD6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EDBFB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.1 Burlywood · ΔE 25.2 Navajo white · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#687BDE

Analogous#DE9068, #B6DE68

Triadic#68DECB, #CB68DE

Split complementary#68B6DE, #9068DE

Tetradic#68DE90, #687BDE, #DE68B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F6E6

Lighter +20%#F0E8BC

Lighter +10%#E7D992

Darker −10%#D5BD3E

Darker −20%#B8A128

Darker −30%#8E7C1F

Darker −40%#645816

More saturated +25%#F5DB51

Less saturated −25%#C7BB7F

Channel breakdown

R222

G203

B104

Red222 (87.1%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue50.34°

Saturation (HSL)64.13%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G CB · B 68

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